Our Crowdfunding Groups
Crowdfund UC Davis thanks all of the donors who gave to this important project in February. This campaign has closed, but we are grateful for your support!
We're fundraising to construct a pastoral sheep pen for the Sheepmowers at the Green Care Lab to support hands-on learning in mental health and environmental care. Shepherding Wellness with Therapeutic Pastures combines eco-friendly sheep grazing with nature's healing effects to foster healthier landscapes and minds and pioneer research-backed nature therapy and green management strategies.
Your support will help us establish a living classroom and therapy site conducive to experiential learning, innovative research, and community engagement for researchers, faculty, and students, as well as the local public. Partnering with the Green Care Lab will provide the Sheepmowers with a more permanent (and long term) location to research and apply grazing landscape management practices to manage weeds and pests, reduce labor costs, permit operating access to inaccessible terrain, and provide a cost-saving alternative to mowing. Research within the new pasture spanning animal behavior, stress physiology, and behavioral neuroendocrinology will delve into the intersection of human well-being and nature's restorative powers to examine the sheep's potential to improve public health.
Gifts to our crowdfund project will support the Sheep Mowing Project fund, including our current priority of a pastoral sheep pen.
This partnership will also allow the Sheepmowers Project to go mobile and take its message of sheep-sourced sustainability, community engagement, and health & well-being on the road to public schools, elder care facilities, and community events statewide.
Your kind gift of $10 helps us expand our program to blend environmental care with mental health research.
Your thoughtful donation of $25 assists with purchasing wildflower seeds and shade trees for the new therapeutic pasture.
Your $50 contribution helps our team purchase materials to construct the sheep pen, such as 100 feet of fencing.
Your generous donation of $100 supports our undergraduate student researchers, gifting them the opportunity to learn and develop leadership skills.
Your extraordinary donation of $500 goes towards the purchase of a livestock trailer, allowing us to take our therapy sheep on the road.
