Sidewalks, bike lane and rain gardens are coming to Fred Jackson Way in North Richmond… After a long journey through the permitting system, we are excited to announce that the project has been posted and is now accepting bids from contractors! We hope to attract qualified local contractors to help us realize this vision. Bids […]
Save the North Richmond Farm! Help STOP the proposed Panatonni warehouse development at 411 Brookside Drive-by SIGNING this PETITIONThis project threatens to shade out the North Richmond Farm, and dramatically decrease the farm’s food production capacity and its ability to continue to grow much needed healthy food for hundreds of Richmond families. The development will […]
On September 14th after an historic Contra Costa County Board of Supervisor vote, Urban Tilth made history by becoming the first permanent farm in Richmond, CA! We began this part of our journey in 2012, when we first submitted a proposal to steward this 3 acre vacant County owned lot. Our dream then was to […]
Orienteering in the permitting world We started discussing the North Richmond Farm Project by convening all the departments that would eventually be responsible for permitting different parts of the project. Everyone was tremendously enthusiastic about the project but we found that there was no guarantee that it would be a slam dunk to get this […]
Planting with Purpose at UT The good people at Civil Eats TV recently visited our farm and gardens to interview our Executive Director, Doria Robinson, on the history of Richmond’s food deserts and Urban Tilth’s overall mission for a sustainable, local food system and why it’s so important. Check out the Civil Eats TV video […]
Things are moving along on the design front for the North Richmond Farm. Phase 2 of Farm Construction will include the farm operations facilities, such as the greenhouse, shade house, tool shed, soil shed, the Watershed Center, and a composting toilet. Not all waste has to go to waste! We are also excited to include […]
North Richmond Farm Update! Sunday was a bobcat/tractor training day for Urban Tilth Staff! Thanks to some locally sourced ingredients; wood chips, horse manure, and organic juice waste from Urban Remedy, we have begun rolling out our compost program / windrows at the North Richmond Farm! These windrows will be turned and cooked for the […]
North Richmond Farm 2020 Highlights Very proud of my crew! This year we had many successes despite the challenging year we all had. This year many of our Urban Tilth staff joined the NRF crew and helped us achieve many of our goals! Held our MLK Day of Service annual event! Grew around 8,000lbs of […]
Help Design the North Richmond Farm! This winter Urban Tilth is doing one last series of Community Design Sessions for the North Richmond Farm before we start construction in the Spring of 2021. Join us for a socially distanced farm tour, community meeting, zoom farm design workshops, or join a focus group to see what […]
Installation of a Permanent Irrigation System A Permanent Irrigation System was installed over the summer, allowing Urban Tilth to significantly expand crop rows and orchard at the North Richmond Farm! Previously, crops were hand-watered…. A slow and tedious process that was also not very water-efficient. The new system uses exclusively drip irrigation for crops […]
