North Richmond Farm SYAP This was our last week with the NRF summer apprentices. The youth learned about the several ways they can engage with the community. They had lessons on community and cooperative farming, social media outreach, and the history of the Black Panthers Breakfast Program. They assisted our CSA crew with packing veggie […]
THIS WEEK ONLY! We added a Wednesday FREE Farm Stand for North Richmond. Starts at 11:30 AM. At the intersection of Fred Jackson Way and Chesley Ave. Let your North Richmond people know! And join us for one of our other free farm stands, happening every week!
Our apprentices were busy this week learning about different irrigation systems, water-wise farming, and different water sources in our ecosystem. They set up drip irrigation using micro emitters for our Native plants and set up micro-sprinklers in our greenhouse to ensure that our seedlings and starts are watered constantly on a scheduled timer. Apprentices also […]
This week the youth were exposed to lots of important farming knowledge. Our lesson topics included Agroecology and organic certification, crop rotations, pollinators, and their importance to growing food. They also learned about Integrated Pest Management (IPM) which means they are ready to take care of plants in a healthy and responsible way, getting to […]
This week was very exciting for us at the North Richmond Farm. With fun mason jar soil experiments, the Summer Apprentices learned about soil, its mineral components, and its structure. They had lessons on soil microorganisms and plant nutrients and through experiential learning activities, they learned how to make hot compost and vermicompost. Finally, the […]
Lots of love and care to our North Richmond Farm fruit trees volunteers today at our 4th Saturday helped harvest lots of apricots and give our older trees some nutrients. They also weeded all throughout the orchard and planted some beautiful new native plants like Elderberry and Coastal Sage! We hope to see you there […]
North Richmond farm Summer Apprentice Program update Week 2 Environmental Justice and Food Sovereignty: We had an amazing week with the farm youth apprentices. We learned about environmental justice and food sovereignty. The youth got to prepare a smoothie with kale and other healthy ingredients. We also did an experiment to learn the amount of […]
Update from North Richmond Farms Summer Apprentice Crew. We just started Week One! We covered some important topics like site and tool safety, mindfulness, and North Richmond site history. Not only have we been learning but also getting tasks completed like harvesting our apricots, adding coffee grounds donated by Catahoula coffee to help our Berries […]
North Richmond Farm update Green green green! The farm is looking greener as our product grows and gives life to our farm. We continue to get our products out in the fields this week lots of lettuce and Chinese cabbage were planted. More beds are prepared so in the upcoming week we can get more […]
