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News from the Gardens & Farms:
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Winter time!
What does that mean for Urban Ag @ RHS? Crisp salad greens for the whole class!
After learning about the nutritional value of lettuce greens during class yesterday, students stepped outside this morning to harvest and prepare a fresh garden salad because FOOD IS MEDICINE!
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The North Richmond Farm is in recovery after its first treatment :)
In December, we pulled out more than 400 cubic yards of blackberries and cut-back many of the trees. Heavy machinery was used, a practice we want to keep to a minimum, but the farm is starting to be defined and with the rain is recovering beautifully.
Mother nature (the rains) have only allowed for soft visits tin January, however we are geared up to continue working on the land once she permits us.
With our first soil tests looking for nutrient level in the existing soil, we now know we have a lot of nurturing to do to restore this land back to good tilth.
* Look out for regular volunteer days on the the 4th Saturday of the month.
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From our Farms to your Table:
Hyper local, freshly picked produce that supports local employment and garden education programs.
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Our beloved Farm Stand is taking a break until March, giving us time to learn a little about what we did last year and make plans for an even better farm stand in 2016.
We will be back, and we'll be better than ever!
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♥ Special Valentine's Day refreshments will be served ♥
Volunteer Projects will be hosted at the following locations on the Greenway:
- 2nd Street - TRAIL CLEAN-UP (Rich City Rides)
- 6th Street Community Gardens (Urban Tilth)
- 7th Street (The Watershed Project)
- 8th Street (EcoVillage Farm)
- Harbour Way (Pogo Park)
- 16th street Edible Forest (Urban Tilth)
We will provide the rakes, brooms, shovels and tools. All you need to bring is your energy, family and friends.
Please dress in layers. wear sturdy shoes and bring a water bottle.
* Children welcome if accompanied by an adult.
Let's CELEBRATE our Greenway and show it some love!
For more information contact, or to RSVP if you are coming with a group of 5 or more people:
- Sherman Dean, [email protected]
** 2nd Saturdays Love Your Greenway Volunteer Day is a project of Friends of the Richmond Greenway in partnership with the City of Richmond and fiscally sponsored by Richmond Friends of Recreation.
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Help grow healthy fresh veggies for our community.
Join us at AdamsCrest Farm for our 1st Planting Party of the year!
AdamsCrest Farm
5000 Patterson Circle
Richmond, CA
Every 3rd Saturday
February 20, 2016
10:00am - 2:00pm
*Please wear sturdy shoes.
Tools, gloves and snacks provided.
Children welcome if accompanied by an adult.
This month we will be giving away seeds and seedlings to help everyone start their spring gardens!
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New: Volunteer at the North Richmond Farm!
Every 4th Saturday
Saturday February 27th
10am - 2pm
Brookside Dr & Fred Jackson Way
North Richmond, CA 94801
Grow Community from the ground up!
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Community Volunteer Day at the 1st & Market Garden
Every 4th Sunday
Sunday, February 28th
10am - 2pm
1st & Market St
North Richmond, CA 94801
We are currently designing in a medicinal plant focus as part of the garden and hopefully by spring/summer the garden will be thriving with all kinds of medicines.
Looking forward to collaborating with the traditional healers of our community. Much love.
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"We can begin by doing small things at the local level like planting community gardens or looking out for our neighbors.
That is how change takes place in living systems, not from above
but from within, from many local actions
occurring simultaneously." - Grace Lee Boggs
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Growing Our Souls, Building Our Soil :: A Day of Vision In Action
--As part of the official Bay Area Grace Lee Boggs memorial celebration weekend--
10am-3pm
The Richmond Greenway @16th Street
(Between Ohio and Chanslor Ave in Richmond, CA)
The philosopher and activist Grace Lee Boggs died at the age of 100 on October 5th, 2015. She was active in most of the major struggles for social justice over the last 75 years. Our movement elder has become our movement ancestor and her theories have had a profound impact on many people in the Bay Area. A celebration of her life will be held in Oakland on Sunday, March 20th -
the first day of spring! And we will work toward that celebration with our hands in the dirt on Saturday, March 19th in our sister-city of Richmond, CA.
Grace wouldn't want us to just sing her praises. She'd want us to recall her life as an urging inspiration to study, dialogue, and work together toward the new world she was helping to create for the love of all of us. Urban agriculture and visionary organizing was central to the new world Grace was articulating during the final decades of her life. Let's honor her with a day of fun community building and farming with our friends and comrades at Urban Tilth (<< tag when it's time) !
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Each year Urban Tilth staff, friends and supporters join
"Te
am Tilth" to run in support of Urban Tilth's mission of creating a more healthy, sustainable and just food system.
As a part of
Team Tilth, runners can generate support for Urban Tilth's programs and are invited to participate in fun training meet-ups and brunches with staff, family, friends, and supporters.
** As a bonus, runners even receive free entry to the race of their choice and some Urban Tilth race day swag!
Oakland Running Festival 2016
March 20th, 2016
Snow Park, Oakland CA
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by making a small contribution today.
Without YOU this work would not be possible!
Happy Winter 2016!
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