North Richmond Farm News

Raspberry Beds!

Raspberry Beds and Tending the Soil The NRF crew plus volunteers have worked in rain or shine to finish our raspberry beds and weed the orchard! Here are some pictures […]

New Chickens and Eggs at NRF

Meet our chickens at UT! Check out some of their awesome transformations, a lot of the chickens we have at the North Richmond farm right now are adopted. The chickens […]

Mixing Locally-Sourced Ingredients for our Compost

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 […]

Learning Vermicomposting from the Pros

VERMICOMPOSTING! Chris, the worm whisperer, helped us build a worm bin for vermicompost and worm castings at NRF, so that we can transfer all the rich nutrients into the beds […]

The Beginning Farm and Ranch Manager Apprenticeship!

We are partnering with the Center for Land-Based Learning, by providing on-the-job training hours to 5 Urban Tilth staff members who have entered into this 2 year Farm Manager Training […]

2021, the year for new pathways

Starting the New Year Off with New Pathways Yesterday at the North Richmond Farm, we added gypsum to pathways to help with drainage and to prevent clay and puddles from […]

Introducing FREE Farm Stands!

Introducing FREE Farm Stands! Serving more Richmond families in a time of need As fall approached and the COVID-19 pandemic kept getting worse, Urban Tilth’s waitlist for food aid also […]

North Richmond Farm Community Design Sessions

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 […]