Forterra is thrilled to support Tilth Alliance with a Community Restoration Grant.

This year, Tilth Alliance was able to engage over 300 youth in monthly restoration work parties at McAuliffe Park in Kirkland-with support from the Indian American Community Services and a Community Restoration Grant.  Students in the program learned from educational presentations and guest speakers about gardening, farming, and ecological restoration.

With this grant funding, Tilth Alliance will expand its work, creating a new weeklong environmental stewardship internship for youth who want to dig deeper. This immersive experience for high school students will blend ecology, restoration, leadership, and healing with the land. For participants, it will provide a paid internship opportunity to pause, breathe deeply, and reconnect with the earth, while taking meaningful action to restore their local environment.

Funding will also strengthen the pipeline for young environmental leaders by creating four seasonal positions for graduates of Tilth Alliance’s Rainier Beach Youth Steward program at the Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands in South Seattle. These paid, part-time roles will put them directly into wetlands restoration at the farm — a crucial stepping-stone for emerging land stewards.

Tilth Alliance has spent more than four decades building a more sustainable, healthier, and more equitable food future. This next phase is exactly the kind of youth-oriented programming we’re proud to support.

Congratulations to Tilth Alliance! We are so grateful for the work you do.