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 week was bittersweet as the Watershed crew shared our last summer program experiences with each other. Monday the team paired up and created poster boards to showcase what they learned and found most interesting throughout the program. Tuesday we got to share those projects and some beautifully designed screen prints (courtesy of @pac_pops) with […]
School Garden SAP youth have been putting into practice identifying native plants at the Jug Handle State Natural Reserve, and community organizing with the Crescent Park Community to make more fire kits. We’re very proud of their growth and excited to celebrate their graduation this week! We’re thankful for having them in our school gardens, […]
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 to explore California’s beautiful coastal ecology! We observed tide pools, toured nearby Fortune Farm, Learned about invasive species control using goats and sheep, Went on […]
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 Tuesday afternoon of fun that you are all invited to join us! There will be live music, food, fun activities for all ages and a […]
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 Tilth North Richmond Farm with the other SAP apprentices and the NRF crew! Our apprentices put in the work and helped in the Crescent Park […]
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 we work in. On Wednesday the apprentices collaborated with the Added Value team to make herbal salves using native plants (mugwort, white sage, and yarrow), […]
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 importance of food access in communities with food apartheids. They also explored the meaning of agroecology and had an insightful conversation on how humans can […]
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 health and wellness advocate @wholistic_shine joined us at the creek for a lesson about water consciousness and layed down a prayer for the water. The […]
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 with @cooprichmond. They were also able to see a cooperative business in person during our field trip to @mandelagrocery in West Oakland where worker-owners have […]
