FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Do you have a storefront I can visit?
Sunday Seed Supply operates without a public storefront to prioritize the safety and privacy of our team. Because we intentionally employ vulnerable individuals and survivors of trafficking, maintaining a private workspace protects our employees and ensures a secure environment for their healing and professional growth. We are, however, available online with shipping straight to your door, and we also offer local pickup for our Middle Tennessee neighbors. Our products can also be found in our partner retailers nationwide.
I’m local! How and where do I pick up my order?
Once you have placed your online order and selected the “pick up” option, please email support@sundayseed.org and we can schedule a pick up time that works for you! You can then pick up your order at the scheduled time at:
Sunday Seed Supply
5974 Lascassas Pike
Lascassas, TN 37085
What is trauma-informed employment?
Trauma-informed employment means that we recognize that those who choose to work with us have experienced significant trauma. Our workforce development model addresses common employment barriers such as justice involvement, recovery, and trauma-induced physical and mental health needs by providing strengths-based job skills training and a supportive, safe, and healing work environment. We cover the cost of health benefits and ensure a livable wage to provide our team with the financial security necessary to maintain their independence. This stable income plays a critical part in preventing recidivism and breaking the cycle of exploitation. We meet our employees where they are at and walk alongside them as they grow into independence, stability, and confidence.
Are you faith-based?
Sunday Seed Supply is a faith-based nonprofit. Our mission is guided by our faith, but our doors are open to everyone regardless of their personal beliefs. Because we recognize spirituality as a vital part of the healing process, we incorporate trauma-informed Bible study into our morning routine and prayer into our afternoons to provide a soul-deep, encouraging start and end to the workday. Our employees consistently say that this spiritual focus is their favorite part of working with us, even if they don’t profess to be people of faith.
Where does the “Sunday Seed Supply” name come from? Do you sell literal seeds?
Many of the people we serve feel distanced from traditional faith communities. We also believe that true restoration requires more than a Sunday morning program can offer. This is why we aim to make every workday a 'Sunday'—a place of peace where labor feels like rest and God’s presence with us is our focus.
To us, the 'Seed' represents the Gospel: the Good News and transformative, healing truth that God desires closeness with us, regardless of what we have done or what has been done to us.
Our initial work began years ago with flower farming. We gradually learned that the physical demands of farming were a barrier for those healing from abuse and physical trauma. In response, we have transitioned from selling flowers and seeds to developing a curated range of handmade products that allow us to prioritize 'slow production' methods that are physically sustainable and therapeutic for those we employ.
What are donations used for?
Donations primarily fund the outreach and prevention efforts of our survivor-led team.
- To prevent exploitation and victimization of young women aging out of the foster care system, we offer paid internships at a liveable wage with job skills training, mentorship and community to combat vulnerabilities that traffickers intentionally exploit like poverty and isolation. Donations make more of these paid internships possible.
- Our team provides education on relational safety and exploitation awareness to youth aging out of foster care. Donations cover the cost of fuel and printed educational materials.
- Sunday Seed employees teach classes on trafficking awareness and the trauma associated with it to incarcerated women each week. Donations cover the cost of fuel and printed educational materials and make more educational opportunities possible.
- We are honored to contribute to the work of Whispers of Hope in their outreach to women working in the commercial sex industry by donating our handmade products as gifts. Donations cover the cost of supplies and production and support other outreach efforts.
- We are working to expand our impact by developing trauma-informed employment curriculum and best-practice guides for other employers and volunteers seeking to support vulnerable populations in the workforce. Donations allow more opportunities to offer this training.
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