WE DID IT: We Bought the Farm!
On September 14th after an historic Contra Costa County Board of Supervisor vote, Urban Tilth made history by becoming the first permanent farm in Richmond, CA! We began this part […]
Verde Stars Shining in the Garden
This year Verde Partnership Garden is one of the enrichment classes for K-8th students. We see 400 youth weekly and sustain engaging programming for each age group, aligning with district […]
Annual Harvest Festival
NEW RAIN DATE: Saturday, November 6th, 2021 Come celebrate the Harvest Festival and acquisition of the North Richmond Farm! Join us to celebrate this year’s bountiful harvest and our historic […]
Summer crops coming to an end…
Students in the Richmond High Urban Agriculture class have been putting in WORK! They’re becoming familiar with their growing space and taking on projects as the season’s change. They’re noticing […]
Cooking with Urban Ag Students!
Cooking with the Urban Agriculture students at Richmond high Cooking with summer crops as much as we can until they’re gone !
Richmond High School Urban Agriculture Update
This week the students got to practice what they learned, TRANSPLANTING! Really proud of them for putting in the work up until now. We’re halfway through quarter 1. Time flies!!! […]
88 pounds of tasty apples!
Verde K-8 has been learning about, bioregional history, our local ecosystem, and harvesting abundance. Tending to the garden is part of our time in the garden. This week we transplanted, […]
Richmond High Urban Ag Weekly Harvest!
This last week at the Richmond High Urban Ag course we did our weekly harvest for our farm stand including apples! We saved some of the apples for ourselves to […]
Happy Birthday Mrs Meza!
Verde Partnership Garden is buzzing and vibrant this season yesterday we celebrated Bienvenida Meza’s Bday she and her sons built a beautiful chayote arbor this week. Thank you for all […]
Urban Ag Class Update
Welcome back @rhsoilers !!!The urban ag class is now entering week 2 of the school year!!! This school year we got TWO classes! Week one we created group agreements, made […]