Food Justice featuring Tania Jacobo Welcome back to the Roots Run Deep Podcast! We are your hosts Rafa & Kiara, we work at Urban Tilth as Just Transition Organizers. In this episode we are Talking about Food Justice with our colleague Tania Jacobo. We talk about accessibility to fresh organic produce, The importance of food […]
Urban Tilth is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the highly anticipated 2024 Rudy Lozito Fellowship. This six-month program offers an immersive experience in sustainable farming and community leadership at our North Richmond Farm. What Awaits You: Delve into the heart of sustainable practices with hands-on training in organic crop production, soil-based […]
Roots Run Deep | What is Just Transition? Welcome to the Roots Run Deep Podcast! We are your hosts Rafa & Kiara that work at Urban Tilth as Just Transition Organizers. In this episode we are Talking about what Just Transition means. How Eco means home and how our community in North Richmond Ca is […]
Join the Urban Tilth SYAP 2023 and Gain Life-Changing Experience! The Summer Youth Ambassador Program (SYAP) is now open for enrollment, and we are inviting West Contra Costa youth between the ages of 15-19 years to participate. Urban Tilth SYAP is a unique program that provides an opportunity for young people to develop their leadership […]
This fellowship program will host 4 West County adults at our North Richmond Farm, over the course of 7 months, to learn about sustainable and regenerative farming practices, seasonal crop production, sequestering carbon, nourishing the soil, while working alongside our staff to steward land and cultivate resources for our community! *The fellowship program is open […]
Calling Richmond & Contra Costa County Youth to come learn more about the fight for clean air and a Just Transition. The Toxics and Resilience Tour for Youth will be on Saturday, February 4th, from 9:00 am until about 12:30 pm. We will be meeting at Richmond Bart Station at 9:00 am. We are still in a pandemic so we are doing everything […]
The Community Advisory Committee is an opportunity for staff, residents, and the local community to assist in making decisions at the North Richmond Farm. At Urban Tilth, we are creating a community hub of health, nutrition, food access, and social and environmental justice. As a community farm, we want to ensure you have an ownership […]
On January 16th, we held two separate MLK Day events in honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and they were huge successes! The weather leading up to the day of the events had us believing that we had to cut our day of service short, but to our surprise […]
The Seed Saving Project is an effort to provide more local seeds to our predominantly bipoc community here in Richmond, CA. We will educate our community to grow their own and save their seeds for a more sustainable & personal approach to agriculture. Seeds are a big part of our food system that has been […]
This past weekend we got to celebrate Halloween with the community at our 2nd Annual Halloween Land. This one was one for the books! We had a huge turn out and got to see many wonderful and spooky costumes! Attendees participated in pumpkin carving, riding a chu chu train, danced, broke pinatas, got their faces […]
