Leichtag Commons is a physical platform to advance and amplify the Foundation’s four strategic areas in a living campus. The Commons is a nexus of social enterprise, innovative agriculture, Jewish community engagement, educational programs, creative arts and culture and vibrant community life, situated on 67.5 acres in the heart of Encinitas and less than one mile from the Pacific Ocean.
Greenhouse space is available now! The future of agriculture is at Leichtag Commons and Coastal Roots Farm – where innovation, sustainability, and community come together!
Ba’al Taschit
Ethical consumption
Shmittah
Honoring natural cycles of the earth
Peah
Lining the corners of one’s field with food for the stranger and poor
Kayamut
Ecological sustainability
Ma’aser
Reserving at least one-tenth of one’s agricultural produce for the poor
K’vod Briut
The dignity of all creations
Hachnasat Orchim
Welcoming guests
Haganat Ovdim
Fair treatment of those who work the fields
Tsa’ar Ba’alei Chaim
Kind, humane treatment of animals
Tikkun Olam
Healing the world
Leichtag Commons Is Home to:
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An independent nonprofit Jewish community farm and education center. The Farm includes a farm stand, regenerative produce farm, vineyard, and food forest.
A collaborative co-working and event space, The Hive is home to more than 25 nonprofits and social enterprises working in the Jewish, human services, environmental, and agricultural fields.
More than 900,000 square feet of greenhouse space occupied by agricultural tenants. Learn more about the tenants here.
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Black, Jewish and Queer. These three identities weave the fabric of who I am, but it took a long time to believe that they could exist together.
Lee and Toni Leichtag established the Leichtag Foundation in 1991 following the sale of their business. Lee and Toni were lifelong entrepreneurs with a passion for innovation and for supporting talent. They believed that only with big risk comes big reward. Both born to families in poverty, Toni to a single mother, they strongly believed in helping those most in need and most vulnerable in our community. While they supported many causes, their strongest support was for young children and the elderly, two demographics who particularly lack voice in our society.
Lifelong Baltimoreans, Rabbi George and Alison Wielechowski and their sons, 11-year-old Lennon and 9-year-old Gideon, are more than pursuing the good life in Southern California. Having moved to San Diego more than three years ago, they are fulfilling a lifelong dream.
You would think that as the executive director of San Diego LGBT Pride, Fernando Zweifach López Jr., who uses the pronoun they, has done all the coming out they possibly can. A queer, non-binary individual who has worked for many years on civil rights issues, López also speaks openly and often about their father’s family, Mexican-American migrant workers who tilled the fields of rural California.
Stacie and Jeff Cook understand commitment. They live it.
