Our Mission
To work for justice by feeding our community—both body and soul. We feed the body by growing vegetables, raising bees, and tending flowers that feed the bees. We feed the soul by building this farm together, forming a connection to each other and to the earth we are tending.
Misheni Yetu
Kufanya kazi kwa haki kwa kulisha jamii yetu kwa mwili na kwa Roho. Tunalisha kwa ku panda matunda na mboga na kuvuka Nyuki. Tunalisha Roho kwa kujenga shamba ihi pamoja, Kujenga upatanisho kwa kila mmoja na mmjona na kwa Dunia yote mzima.
Our Story
Early in 2020, the Women’s Empowerment Group of FAM Houston began dreaming about a place to grow fresh produce. Thanks to the support of local partners, Shamba Ya Amani/The Farm of Peace was established and continues to grow week by week. The farm is run by a collective of women refugees and immigrants from Africa, along with other local Houstonians who are growing diverse and culturally relevant crops using ecological agricultural practices.
Our collective of 42 farmers tend their own dedicated raised beds and make collective decisions about our ½-acre community field—what to grow and how to harvest and distribute the crops. Our hope is that this agricultural endeavor will serve as a model for increasing food access and human connection.
Shamba Ya Amani has flourished so that FAM Houston has hired a team of part-time farm stewards who plant, weed, water, harvest, and prepare crops for market. They determine weekly tasks, encourage others to participate, and collaboratively plan the next growing season.
Join us for community volunteer days on Saturday mornings! Sign up for a shift to earn service hours as an individual or a group. Your presence and support matters so much to us!
HOW TO BUY PRODUCE, Honey, & FLOWERS
We invite ethnic grocers in the area to buy special varieties directly from the farm! Availability varies depending on cool or warm seasons.
Our beekeeping apprenticeship program, in partnership with Houston Botanic Garden and Bee Mindful in Austin, enables us to sell raw honey and honey comb seasonally.
Beautiful mixed bouquets and wholesale cut flowers can be ordered by local businesses, congregations, and restaurants.
For more details or inquiries, email shamba@famhoustontx.org
Vibrant Bounty @ Memorial Villages Farmers Market
Saturdays, 9 am–1 pm
You can support us through Vibrant Bounty, a collaborative effort to empower women-led farms.
We're at Memorial Villages Farmers Market (10840 Beinhorn Rd) on Saturdays, 9 am–1 pm. Stop by our booth to purchase fresh herbs, veggies, fruit, flowers and more!
Pick Your Own Bouquet Days | Fall 2025
Sept. 13 & 27, Oct. 11 & 25, 2025
Recognition in the Community
11.2024 | “FAM Houston: Building Transformative Connections with Churches” [Texas Annual Conference]
04.2024 | “How women from four different countries became ‘Accidental Sisters’” [Houston Public Media]
03.2024 | “Farm of Peace sells flower crop for good cause” [Alief International District]
12.2023 | “Baylor psychiatry trainees learn refugee experiences at FAM Houston” [Baylor College of Medicine]
11.2023 | “VIDEO: Local Farms: Shamba Ya Amani” [Houston Food Bank]
06.2023 | “Home Away from Home” [Edible Houston]
12.2022 | “How do community gardens work?” [Houston Chronicle]
10.2022 | “New community establishes roots with refugee-run farm” [Texas Annual Conference]
11.2021 | “VIDEO: Determined to Thrive” [FAM Houston]
SPECIAL THANKS
Our community partners:
Land owned by: Alief Independent School District
Land managed by: International District
Blessings we celebrate at Shamba Ya Amani...
Empowering women farmers to alleviate food insecurity by producing nutritious and culturally-relevant crops year-round
Fostering healing and well-being through kinship with one another and connection with nature
Offering a beautiful public space to enjoy the outdoors and access local farm products
Welcoming multigenerational and multicultural groups to share in the joyful work of the farm where we feed our community, both body and soul
Farm Address
8401 Dairy View Lane
Houston TX 77072
(across the street from Youngblood Intermediate School)
Contact us
Bring a group of volunteers to the farm. Schedule a tour. Make a donation. Become a farmer. Purchase produce or flowers.
Send questions to shamba@famhoustontx.org