CSA Apprentices Update
In Week 5 of the Summer Youth Apprenticeship Program, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) apprentices learned about food systems, procurement, farmer’s rights and global movements. CSA youth had the opportunity to […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Lavender pouches, harvesting seeds, and learning to water our roots…
This week K-3rd was active in the Verde partnership garden! We used our senses to get to know plants, their life cycle, and learned about the unique adaptations plants have […]
North Richmond Farm Update!
North Richmond Farm update Green green green! The farm is looking greener as our product grows and gives life to our farm. We continue to get our products out in […]
Crestmont Middle School Food Justice Class visits Verde Garden
We have been wrapping up the school year. Thank you to the youth and staff! Congrats to the graduating classes of 2021 We are very thankful to also have had […]