Riverview Gardens

Self-Reported

Farm

Aquaculture since 1898

Certified Naturally Grown

USDA Certified Organic

Non-GMO

🥬

Produce

Lettuce

🌿

Herbs

Fresh Herbs

🐟

Seafood

Fish

🌻

Flowers & Plants

Compost

📦

Other

Wholesale

Photos

Practices

composting

heirloom varieties

Self-reported practices. This farm has provided information about their practices, but they have not yet been independently verified by Bhumi.

About Riverview Gardens

Addressing the connected causes of poverty, homelessness, and unemployment in our community Riverview Gardens trains transferable work skills for hundreds of people every year Riverview Gardens' core programming removes barriers so people can be part of their own solution Five social enterprises provide unlimited job training and a source of revenue for financial sustainability Hundreds of volunteers annually make Riverview Gardens' vision a reality Save the Date! We’ll be cooking up a great evening for you as three local professional chefs, assisted by Riverview Gardens Culinary Students, are challenged to transform a basket of fresh Riverview Gardens produce and other surprise ingredients into a delicious dish in 30 minutes.Chopped: Farm to Fork to WorkTuesday, October 6th, 2026!Your support provides hope for the future of our community’s most vulnerable. Save the Date! We’ll be cooking up a great evening for you as three local professional chefs, assisted by Riverview Gardens Culinary Students, are challenged to transform a basket of fresh Riverview Gardens produce and other surprise ingredients into a delicious dish in 30 minutes. Your support provides hope for the future of our community’s most vulnerable. Volunteering at Riverview Gardens is an opportunity to engage in community stewardship, and help us address root causes of unemployment, all while having fun! Volunteering at Riverview Gardens is an opportunity to engage in community stewardship, and help us address root causes of unemployment, all while having fun! Fresh, Local, Organic Produce – Providing Job Training to Transform a Community!Our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program is a compelling way to support our mission. Invest in our farm and mission and receive a share of the harvest. 100% of profits are reinvested into our non-profit mission to help our community members in need be part of their own solution. Fresh, Local, Organic Produce – Providing Job Training to Transform a Community!Our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program is a compelling way to support our mission. Invest in our farm and mission and receive a share of the harvest. 100% of profits are reinvested into our non-profit mission to help our community members in need be part of their own solution. Your gift ensures that we can continue to provide hope, dignity and transformative, transferable skill-based job training to hundreds of our community members with barriers to stable employment. Your gift offers many at-risk youth, young adults, men and women the opportunity to be a part of their own solution for themselves and their families. Your gift ensures that we can continue to provide hope, dignity and transformative, transferable skill-based job training to hundreds of our community members with barriers to stable employment. Your gift offers many at-risk youth, young adults, men and women the opportunity to be a part of their own solution for themselves and their families. “We are delighted to be working collaboratively with Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin. Farm Link represents an ideal partnership between two... “We are delighted to be working collaboratively with Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin. Farm Link represents an ideal partnership between two... Riverview Gardens and Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin are working together to solve hunger. Each week, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin stops... Riverview Gardens and Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin are working together to solve hunger. Each week, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin stops... We are collecting NEW hygiene and cleaning items for people in need through The Family Radio’s annual “Help for... We are collecting NEW hygiene and cleaning items for people in need through The Family Radio’s annual “Help for... The holidays can be difficult for many. It can be especially difficult for people in need, for people who have... The holidays can be difficult for many. It can be especially diffi

Our Story

What does Riverview Gardens® do? Riverview Gardens provides dignity through job training and employment, and a place for everyone in our community to come together to change perceptions and remove barriers. How did ServiceWorks® job-training program start? It started with a can of paint. Then Executive Director of COTS Transitional Homeless Shelter, Ms. Sahotsky sought to engage men and women experiencing homelessness who had little or no community involvement. She worked with a local home improvement store to donate paint, and otherwise-unengaged residents began painting the walls of their shelter. The transformation of attitudes was immediate. She expanded resident engagement, and ServiceWorks® job-training program was born. In order to scale up the effectiveness and positive impact of our job-training program for our region, all ServiceWorks and all job-training functions were transferred from COTS to Riverview Gardens. Riverview Gardens was created in 2012 not only to respond to many of the community’s critical needs, but also to change the paradigm for addressing them. Riverview Gardens is transforming lives, land and non-profit ideas. Why Riverview Gardens? The seed for Riverview Gardens grew out of Executive Director Cindy Sahotsky’s participation in the inaugural class of the executive Social Innovation Leadership Experience (SILE) sponsored by Marquette University, the J. J. Keller Foundation and the U.S. Venture Fund for Basic Needs. Poverty and homelessness have many causes and cannot be resolved through shelter alone. Some source of income is required to be eligible for transitional housing, and it is often impossible to secure employment without a current address and recent work history. The ServiceWorks® model is not only about getting people a job; it is about creating resilience, community and a sustainable future for the people we serve and, therefore, our entire community. ServiceWorks job-training creates opportunities for employment and self-sufficiency. People build permanent, positive change in their lives through: Leadership development Personal responsibility and empowerment Increase pro-social behaviors The ultimate outcome of the ServiceWorks approach is that people are empowered to lift themselves out of poverty for good and create a strong and more just community. How long has Riverview Gardens been around? Riverview Gardens was founded in December 2011. What services are offered at Riverview Gardens? Riverview Gardens has opportunities for everyone in our community, including: ServiceWorks® Job-Training How is Riverview Gardens different from other social service organizations? Riverview Gardens is an unprecedented collaborative effort. No other organization in the area is addressing the same or related outcomes. Riverview Gardens provides a holistic solution to some of the most intractable societal issues in our community: homelessness, poverty, and unemployment. Instead of providing a hand-out, Riverview Gardens empowers individuals to be a part of their own solution, thereby eliminating their dependency on government and community gifts and giving them the tools to take control of their own lives, break the cycle and create healthy families. Our community has come together to prove that hard work and personal responsibility are the great equalizers and change the paradigm for addressing intergenerational issues of poverty, homelessness and unemployment in our community. What are Riverview Gardens’ social enterprises? Riverview Gardens’ five social enterprises are the mission muscle for our non-profit mission to provide job training for people in need. Reusing existing resources on the former golf course and country club, we offer five different social enterprise businesses where job-training participants can receive real “on the job” training that they can use immediately upon graduation from ServiceWorks®. The social enterprises are varied enough in the types of work they of