Our
Origin Story

Where the Seeds Came From

The Grit & Grain Foundation seed was planted decades ago.  In a small backyard garden, a young boy learned what it meant to grow food out of necessity not nostalgia. Meals came from the soil. Survival depended on what ripened in the sun. And a quiet truth took root: with the right knowledge and tools, even the most limited resources can produce abundance.
That boy grew up. Built businesses. Learned operations, strategy, systems. But one vision never left him: to return to the land, not for himself, but for others. To create something that restored dignity, built self-reliance, and broke cycles of food insecurity without exploiting the communities it aimed to serve.
After years of waiting for the “right time,” the moment finally came; not because conditions were perfect, but because the need could no longer be ignored.

Grit & Grain Foundation was founded on that conviction:
that it’s time to rebuild from the ground up.
Starting with soil. With food. With people.

We combine regenerative agriculture, nutrition education, and Southern culinary excellence to build a new kind of nonprofit model one rooted in faith, fueled by community, and focused on long-term systems, not short-term charity.

The work begins in Oklahoma. But this is just the first field.

Our 10-year vision is to expand to neighboring states; replicating a model of community revival that is sustainable, beautiful, and built to last.

We are not here to tell poverty stories.
We’re here to cultivate abundance.
With a little grit. A little grain. And a whole lot of purpose.