Summer Youth Apprenticeship Program Update
An amazing four days and three nights of camping are In the books For Urban Tilth’s Summer Youth Apprenticeship Program! This year we travelled to Jug Handle State Natural Reserve […]
SYAP Camping Trip
While the SYAP are out camping, we wanted to share this awesome event that they’ve been organizing. We are partnering with Crescent Park residents in South Richmond to have a […]
Ujima Cohort Week 4
Happy week 4 to the Ujima cohort apprentices! This week we really got to be outside and connected to the land. We’re so thankful to have harvested at the Urban […]
Week 4 Ecosystem Biodiversity
In week 4 the Watershed summer apprentices focused on the importance of ecosystem biodiversity. We learned about trophic levels and ecosystem roles and applied that to understand the creek environments […]
Week 3 of SAP!
During week 3 of SAP, the Ujima cohort learned about community through storytelling and food accessibility. The youth helped set up a food bank at Crescent Park and learned the […]
Watersheds Apprentice Team Update: Important History Lesson
This week the Watershed summer apprentices are learning the important history of the land we work on and the Ohlone people who’ve lived on this land long before us. Local […]
Ujima Apprentices’ Second Week
The Ujima apprentices made it through their second week of the Summer Apprentice Program! During this week the apprentices were able to dive deeper into collectivism and cooperative business models […]
Edu Team SAP Week 2!
Edu Team SAP update! The youth have been moving to both of our school sites & are now on week 2 of getting to know the land! This week we […]
Farm Stand Bouquets and Berries!
Last week our Added Value and Farm Stands team were joined by 3 amazing SAP youth who immediately jumped into making flower bouquets and harvested berries for our CSA Added […]
Welcoming 2022 Summer Apprentices!
Richmond High School and Verde Partnership Garden Educators welcomed the 2022 Summer Apprentices this week! For Orientation Week, students are learning about community agreements, safe spaces, tool safety, land acknowledgment, […]