Summer Apprentice Program
The Summer Youth Apprentice Program hosts 40 West County youth at community garden, creek restoration, and farming sites across Richmond, CA where the youth will spend 6-weeks (100 hrs) learning about environmental justice, food justice, and food sovereignty and working alongside our staff to steward land, and cultivate resources our community!
The program includes workshops, field trips, guest speakers from people working various environmental, farming, social justice, and land management fields, hands-on learning work days, and a camping trip!
In 2025, we hosted youth apprentices in the following Project Areas:
- North Richmond Farm: 323 Brookside Dr, Richmond, CA 94801
- North Richmond Storytellers: 355 Brookside Dr, Richmond, CA 94801
- Orchard For All and Farm Stands at locations throughout Richmond
- Greenway Community Gardens: 16th Street and 6th Street along the Richmond Greenway
- Watershed Restoration Crew: Various locations along Wildcat Creek & Cerrito Creek
- Ujima “Collective Work and Responsibility”: Crescent Park Apartment Community Garden
An Important Update Regarding the 2026 Summer Youth Apprenticeship Program
It is with a heavy heart that Urban Tilth must announce the cancellation of our 2026 Summer Youth Apprentice Program.
Over the past year, Urban Tilth, along with many other food and environmental justice organizations, has faced a significant and ongoing decline in available funding for outdoor education and youth workforce programs. Despite our best efforts, we were unable to secure the resources needed to properly staff, train, and breathe life into this amazing summer program.
We want to be clear that our commitment to the young people we serve has not wavered. Over the next year, we will be actively fundraising and pursuing every available opportunity to ensure that the 2027 Summer Youth Apprenticeship Program returns and continues providing the essential skills and training opportunities that will shape their futures.
If you would like to support our efforts through a donation or in other ways, please email doria@urbantilth.org.
Thank you for your continued belief in our mission!
With gratitude,
Adam Boisvert
Director of Education Programs at Urban Tilth
