RF SAP 2021 Update!
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 […]
North Richmond Farm SYAP Week 4!
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 […]
Richmond High Garden Update!
July has been a great month at the Richmond High garden ! We ended our summer course with the students and for the last week they painted some raised beds, […]
North Richmond Farm SYAP Week 3
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. […]
NRF Fruit Trees!
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. […]
North Richmond Farm SYAP Week 2!
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 […]
Richmond Highs Urban Agriculture update
We are on our final week of the summer course! Students have been learning a lot!! How to grow food, collecting seeds, herbal medicine, flower anatomy, pollinators, how to reduce […]
Week 1 of SYAP!
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 […]
Harvesting, Seed Saving, Pesto Making, and Tomato Trellising…
This past week at the Urban Agriculture Summer School Course at Richmond High School has been full of harvesting, seed saving, pesto making, and tomato trellising! We are teaching students […]