Urban Tilth, along with 4 other organizations committed to creating healthy food systems in the Bay Area, is featured in a virtual tour created by the Food and Environment Working Group of the American Public Health Association. This is the first time this tour is being done virtually. We were asked to submit a video […]
Join the Executive Director of APEN, Miya Yoshitani and Urban Tilth’s Executive Director, Doria Robinson, for Webinar #2 in the ReGenesis Series: Cities Advancing a Just Transition: Memphis, Buffalo & Richmond as they present Richmond & Restorative Development in the Shadow of the Refinery covering the work of the Richmond Our Power Coalition. WEBINAR II: […]
The Rainy Season is, hopefully, on the way – time for the Greenway Gardens to prepare! This week so far we are focused on weed control and mulching before rainy season approaches. With the help of the Watershed team, we were able to weed near the Bioswale and around the Edible Forrest. With our […]
Our friends at Frog Hollow Farm (@froghollowfarm) have supplied many of our delicious stone fruit and pears throughout the summer. Farmer Al is from El Cerrito and used to teach at Kennedy Hisham School. He invests deeply in his compost program and we love how much he is determined to rebuild the soil!
This week at our education sites 🌸we are preparing the soil and transplanting greens, and vibrant caléndulas and cempasúchil. We have been seeding a variety of winter blossoming flowers. We are also cutting back our herbs to get fresher growth. Our green house has: collards, kale, yarrow, more cempasúchil, manzanilla, milkweeds, broccoli. We are protecting […]
Testimony by Doria Robinson of CJA member group Urban Tilth at “The Freedom Side: People’s Tribunal and Congress” Doria Robinson, UrbanTilth / Climate Justice Alliance from Climate Justice Alliance on Vimeo. We the people have to choose the political, economic, and moral direction of our communities and country. About the Rising Majority’s The Freedom […]
Advancing the Just Transition through Community Capital, Regenerative Agriculture, and Cooperative Economics About SoCap Virtual:Over 5 days from October 19 – 23, the global impact community will come together to connect, learn, and collaborate on unlocking the power of markets for impact. Join innovators from across the world who are building the impact economy and participate […]
Pictures of today’s volunteer day at the Greenway Gardens. Thank you to our amazing volunteers and staff for helping us plant 228 plants of cabbage, curly kale, collards, marigolds, chard! Woohoo! Greenway trails are looking fabulous. Also want to give a big shout out to 2 orgs who were out on the greenway trails […]
We are keeping it moving this week on the Richmond Greenway! At 16th street, UNITY PLAZA, and the Edible Forest we are taking time to prepare the Edible Forest for winter by mulching deeply underneath the trees. Take a walk by the Edible Forest and smell that delicious cedar mulch! At the 6th Street Community […]
FREE FARM STAND Free, Healthy Food! Every Wednesday Urban Tilth is doing its part to help Feed our Community through this crisis every Wednesday at Unity Park Plaza, near our Edible Forest Garden from 2 pm until all produce is gone, assuming the air quality is safe. This week, we gave out: Lemon cucumbers […]
