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Community Involvement!
“Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.” -Marjorie Moore As another term comes to an end, we reflect upon the recent weeks: of the skills we have learned, the people […]
VOLUNTEERS!
Hello foodies! We at the Urban Farm are increasingly in need of local support and volunteer help, especially during Spring and Summer. If you have taken the class before, or are interested in getting your hands dirty for a few hours, come on out to the Farm on Saturday’s at 10:30am. Typically, we meet at […]
Breeding Locavores
“Each food items in a typical U.S. meal has traveled an average of 1,500 miles….If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal) composed of locally and organically raised meats and produce we would reduce our country’s oil consumption by over 1.1 million barrels of oil every week.” -Barbara Kingsolver Foodies; a term […]
The Pollination Station
“I dreamt — marvellous error! — that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.” ― Antonio Machado Spring is upon us here at the Farm. A new day, a new golden opportunity to thrive as agrarian catalyzers within our […]
Agrarian Spring, 2014
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -Benjamin Franklin Pear blossoms number in the thousands, creating a surreal barrier between a thicket of undergrowth and the skies above. Squirrels forage for young buds, their cheeks bulging with the spoils of a successful expedition; the elegant gatherers of […]