About Bountiful Garden
The Bountiful Garden Foundation is a completely volunteer run, nonprofit organization which promotes healthy, sustainable agriculture in the local community by raising premium produce that is then converted into fundraising for local and international humanitarian organizations.
Any produce that we raise that can not be converted to cash gets deposited directly into local food banks such as Second Harvest, Salvation Army or small municipal relief organizations.
Mission
The Bountiful Garden Foundation is an independent 501c(3) not-for-profit (status
pending) organiztion.
Our model is that every penny we get for our tomatoes, fruits and vegetables goes directly towards humanitarian trauma relief. We've selected IAHV (The International Association for Human Values) as our recipient due to their scientifically proven techniques for alleviating trauma associated symptoms. Recently, IAHV was named the official post traumatic stress disorder organization by the New Orleans city council in the wake of Hurricane Katrina (where BGF's money has gone for the past two years).
We cover our own internal operational expenses by having a tomato plant sale each spring thus making us a completely self-sustaining and self-contained organization.
We charge a fair price for a quality product and we are not a charity (although
we'd gladly accept one if you'd like to give us a
donation).
Board Of Directors
Dr.
Jim Farrow attended Medical College of Alabama, graduating in Jan.
1974 and served a rotating internship at Malcom Grow Medical Center, Andrews
AFB, Maryland. From 1975 to 2001 one, Jim served on several hospital staffs
including Flight Surgery School, San Antonio, Tx, Wilford
Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Tx, Letterman Army
Medical Ctr. and UCSF Medical School, SF, Ca, Keesler Medical Center,
Biloxi, Ms, Community Hospital of
the Monterrey Peninsula, Monterey, Ca and Diplomat of the American
Board of Holistic Medicine.
Jim is currently a member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, the American Board of Holistic Medicine, the National Ayurvedic Medical Association and has lectured at over 350 hospitals and professional organizations from 2002 to the present. Jim is also an avid Heirloom tomato grower.
Lt.
Bharat Shenoy holds a B.S. Naval Architecture, U.S. Naval Academy
1991. Naval Officer in U.S. Navy submarine force for 7 years, achieving the rank
of Lieutenant. Deployed on several wartime missions receiving multiple
distinguished service awards. Bharat was honorably discharged from the service
and subsequently joined Tyco International as a sales manager. He is currently
Sales Director of Tyco Electronics Magnetics group which is located in Menlo
Park, CA. Bharat has been an active volunteer with various groups for the last 5
years. He has managed several large volunteer based, fundraising initiatives in
the Bay Area and has recently helped form the Bountiful Garden Foundation. As a
parent of two San Jose Unified School District students, Bharat is also an
active volunteer within the school district.
Frank
Huguenard (President/founder)
holds a BS/CS from Purdue University (1982) and has a
distinguished silicon valley engineering career. Among his other
pursuits are a technology he invented called
Universal
Telecommunications, his Sunnyvale restaurant
Crazy Frank's Desi Pizza, his
new sport Dischoops which is a third
generation derivative of Ultimate Frisbee, his two children, Shelby and
Sean and of course, growing tomatoes.
Affiliations
The Bountiful Garden Foundation currently sends our proceeds from our tomato
sale in the fall to the
International Associations for Human Values, the world's largest
n0n-governmental organization and founded by such luminaries as His Holiness, the
Dalai Lama and His Holiness, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
"The
International Association for Human Values (IAHV) was founded in Geneva in 1997,
to foster on a global scale deeper understanding of the values that unite us as
a human community.
The International Association for Human Values (IAHV) develops and promotes programs of personal development to encourage the practice of human values in everyday life. It also has programs of community education that foster greater awareness of the shared values among the diverse cultures.
IAHV upholds the incorporation of human values into all aspects of life will ultimately lead to the development of a more peaceful, just and sustainable world.
In fostering Human Values, the Association works in collaboration with partners dedicated to similar goals, including governments, educational institutions, other NGOs, corporations and individuals. IAHV is an international NGO in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations."
Thanks,
The Bountiful Garden Team