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Celebrate 10 YEARS of Urban Tilth!
Join us for an unforgettable evening on the beautiful San Francisco Bay, while helping us build our new 3 acre
North Richmond farm!
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015
Craneway Pavilion,
Richmond, CA
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In this Issue:
- NEWS from our Gardens & Programs:
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 Meet Our New Greenway Gardens Crew
As the Summer program came to a close at the beginning of August, we began the search for a strong new team to be the
caretakers and community representatives for the Edible Forest and 6th Street Community Garden on the Richmond Greenway.
Ten local candidates
(many of whom are previous Urban Tilth
apprentices and staff)
are undergoing a month-long paid training program
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es plant
identification with an
emphasis on fruit trees and native and invasive species, proper tool use and care, invasive species management, fine tuning the irrigation system, studying edible forest theory, leading community engagement events and
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Above: Brandon Clark, caring for one of the 67
fruit trees in the Edible Forest on the Richmond Greenway
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canvassing, as well as a
research project on the history, anatomy, physiology and water and nutrient requirements for o
ne of the 67
fruit trees in the Edible Forest.
JOIN US!
The candidates will be leading a garden volunteer day on the Greenway:
Saturday, September 12th
10:00AM - 2:00PM
@ 16th Street & Richmond Greenway
Between Ohio & Chanslor Aves
Come on out to learn about growing fruit trees with the team!
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Tania Pulido
our Community Engagement Manager and Temontanae Hicks are
leading
the Nor
th Richmond F
arm
Community
Engagement Initiatives to
make sure everyone in North Richmond knows about the farm and how to get involved. They are also
gathering feedback
from the
community
about the design for this
new 3 acre farm project
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Pulido and Hicks
are scheduling farm presentations and interactive information booths at different community centers and events throughout the month of September to inform
including the 1st of 3 Community Design Feedback events we will be hosting this fall.
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| Above: Conceptual Design for the North Richmond Farm created by Technical Advisory Team member Daniel Miller founder of Spiral Gardens Food Security Project |
The 1st Community Design Feedback Meeting will be held:
Community Design Feedback Meeting
Saturday, September 19th
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
North Richmond Missionary Baptist Church
1427 Fred Jackson Way
North Richmond
Please stop
by during t
he event to try herbal teas, enjoy a bike powered smoothie and learn more about how to get involved with the farm. We need your brilliant thoughts and ideas to ensure this
project serves our community well.
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Above: Event at Pt. Molate with Watershed Crew,
Rue Mapp, & Outdoor Afro |
Some of the month's activities
included
building a fence in
Tilden Park that will help protect
steelhead habitat, learning about
environmenta
l j
ustice from local community activist,
Andrés Soto
and joining him as guests on his kpfa radio
program,
removing invasive ivy from Wildcat Creek and hosting a photojournalism community day at Pt. Molate with
Rue Mapp
and
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| Above: Watershed Crew Members on KPFA with Andrés Soto |
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This August Urban Tilth played an integral role in Movement G
ener
ation's annual "Permaculture for the People" (P4P) training. Three of our staff members were partici
pants in the 2-week intensive workshop on Permaculture Design and Ecological Justice and two of Urban Tilth's
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| Above: Carla Perez of Movement Generation & Dana Mitchell of Urban Tilth |
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garden sites were
selected to host different projects designed and
implemented by the members
of the
workshop.
Each year Movement Generation (MG), an ally organization of Urban Tilth, hosts this training
for activists and artists doing land-based ecological justice work. The workshop provides an opportunity for
leaders in the eco-justice field to get hands on experience creating and
implementing regenerative designs in their communities and to get their Permaculture Design Certificates, while strengthening and deepening the ecological justice movement across sectors in key racial, social, economic & environmental organizations in the
SF Bay
Area.
Workshop participants spent one week out in the beautiful countryside at the
Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC) learning first hand
about the theories and practices of Permaculture
farming/designing from experts through a social/eco justice perspective.
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| Above: P4P participants visiting Afrikatown Garden |
During their second week of the training, the participants headed back down to the East Bay to create restorative design plans and sector maps for a handful of gardens and farms of key, local eco-justice organizations, such as
Urban Tilth, PODER,
Full Harvest Farm, and Acta Non-Verba Youth Farm
. Last week the participants began some design implementation, which will continue with the help of the participants and community over the next 6-months until completion.
Some design elements/projects the team of local leaders has already collaborated on and completed are a
installing a rainwater catchment system at Richmond High School, b
uilding a Cobb oven at Full Harvest Farm,
and installing
a 4-section Compost Bin at Qilombo.
Urban Tilth's Verde Elementary School Garden was among the sites to be chosen as a host site for the workshop participants to help implement a
restorative design. The team has chosen their education/learning area of the garden to be transformed using elements of permaculture
(such as utilizing natural patterns and resources & adding multi-functioning, low-energy use elements), which
they learned about in depth in the P4P training.
Please stay tuned for more information on the community work days that will be necessary to complete these infrastructure changes at the Verde garden.
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Not only did 1239 community members sign the
Richmond Food Policy Council's petition in support of the
Healthy School Food Campaign, when it was brought to the Richmond City Council, a resolution was introduced and passed unanimously supporting the campaign!
As a result of our partnership with Contra Costa Unified School District Food Services Director, Barbara Jellison and all of our collective efforts thus far, we are very excited to announce that we have received the 1st two salad bar units for Peres and Nystrom Elementary! We will be working with the Food Services staff to make sure these new units are up and running in October for the 2015 -2016 school year!
COME OUT and SEE THE SALAD BARS IN ACTION!
WCCUSD Food Services and
The
Richmond Food Policy Council and will be hosting a salad bar demo and kick off event at next week at
Back to School Night at both Peres and Nystrom Elementary Schools.
Come check out this new healthy addition to school lunches in Richmond!
Thursday, September 10th
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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10th Anniversary Celebration & FARMRAISER
You are cordially invited to an unforgettable evening on the beautiful
San Francisco Bay celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Urban Tilth!
Celebrate this major milestone with us, while supporting the launch of
Saturday, October 3, 2015
The Historic Craneway Pavilion
1414 Harbour Way South
Richmond, CA 94804
2:00 PM Visit Our Gardens!
- Tour Urban Tilth gardens and new North Richmond Farm site
4:00 PM GAINING GROUND FILM PREMIERE
- Exclusive California premiere of the film 'GAINING GROUND' featuring Urban Tilth and sharing the stories of farmers making extraordinary changes in their farming practices so they can feed their local communities sustainably with filmmakers Barbara Bernstein and Elaine Velazquez
6:00 PM 10th ANNIVERSARY GALA CELEBRATION!
- Master of Ceremonies and comedian Josh Healey
- Reflections on FOOD, CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND REVOLUTION from our co-hosts chef Bryant Terry and food justice activist Hank Herrera as well as appearances from community leaders and Urban Tilth trailblazers.
- Seasonal Harvest Dinner
- Live Painting by Community Rejuvenation Project
- Live Music & Dancing
- DJ Malcolm Marshall
Community Tickets $25
Gala Tickets $50
Table of 8 $500
* All proceeds for this event will benefit
Urban Tilth and the
North Richmond Farm project.
We look forward to dancing with you all
on this night of celebration on the Bay!
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FARM STANDS
Black Mission Fig Preserves... Spicy Organic Salsa... Orange Marmalade... Gravenstein Apple Butter... Catahoula Coffee Soap Scrub... the delicious, ORGANIC & LOCAL list continues!
(Also Note: If you have an abundant fruit tree and would like to donate some fruit to our organization, please
contact [email protected].)
Hope to see you out all there!
MARKET STAND LOCATIONS:
VOLUNTEER
- Wildcat Creek Clean-up with Watershed Program
Help us remove invasive ivy and trash to make room for native species to thrive!
Saturday, Sept. 5th, 10AM
Fred Jackson Way, North Richmond
1st Sundays
1876 1st Street, North Richmond
Join the Friends of the Richmond Greenway for an afternoon of improving our Greenway together!
2nd Saturdays
Richmond Greenway
NOW 3rd Saturdays!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
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Salad Bar Demo @ Back to School Night
Salad Bars are here! In partnership with WCCUSD Food Services, the Richmond Food Policy Council will be hosting Kick Off events and Salad Bar Demo for the elementary schools with the new infrastructure.
5:00PM - 6:30PM
Peres & Nystrom Elementary School
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North Richmond Farm Community Feedback Meeting
We need your brilliant ideas to ensure the
North Richmond Farm project
serves our community well! S
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by during the event to try herbal teas, enjoy a bike powered smoothie and learn more about how to get involved with the farm.
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aturday, September 19th
11am-2:00pm
North Richmond Missionary Baptist Church
1427 Fred Jackson Way
Saturday, October 3rd
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Craneway Pavillion
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- 2015 Food Week in Richmond:
October 20th-24th
Various Locations around Richmond
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If you like what you see, please consider helping us continue to do this work
by making a small contribution today.
Without YOU this work would not be possible!
Deepest Gratitude, the Urban Tilth Family |
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