Sacramento farmer Chanowk Yisrael and his family have been inspiring people to understand the food system and grow their own food for a decade. Sacramento’s AccessLocal youth journalism program talked to Yisreal and a community member about the farm’s local impact. “My favorite part…of growing food and all that we do is when that one […]
Read More Workshop teaches people to learn about farmingAccessLocal visits Sacramento’s Soil Born Farms. Volunteers prepare trees to plant in the city. “This goes much further than your own neighborhood, this helps Sacramento as a whole.” Watch the video at AccessLocal.
Read More Volunteers gather to help Sacramento get greenA Sacramento event called the Youth Led Urban Ag Tour took visitors by bus to three different urban farms, showcasing the city’s potential for local produce grown by the hands of residents. A video documenting the tour is on Access Sacramento.
Read More Youth Led Urban Ag TourOnce a month, the food and farming nonprofit Urban Tilth invites the public to learn urban agriculture by cultivating a community garden in Richmond. Volunteers learn how to weed a garden, transplant young vegetables, and maintain soil for the upcoming planting season. But mostly they get a chance to feel what it’s like to work with their hands and make something grow. “Seeing how Urban Tilth cares […]
Read More Want to farm in Richmond? Urban Tilth will show you howWaste not, want not? Harvest Sacramento is a project of Soil Born Farms, a food justice organization centered on developing and maintaining urban farms. Harvest Sacramento is the result of a collaboration between community partners, businesses, and nonprofits to harvest fruit that otherwise wouldn’t be picked or used – a practice called foraging – from trees across the city. The […]
Read More Harvest Sacramento forages fruit across the cityThe number of vacant lots visible on a city’s streets is an indicator of a neighborhood’s neglect. But the lots also provide an otherwise unavailable opportunity: to fill up the empty spaces with vegetable gardens. The Oakland City Council modified regulations to allow gardeners to grow vegetables on vacant lots and sell without a permit, as long as they receive […]
Read More Seeing gardens in the blightAlfonso Aceves says much has improved in the once-violent East L.A. area since his family moved there six decades ago. But one thing has gotten worse for a community that includes many farmworkers: the availability of fresh, affordable produce. City Council members are hoping to change that with a motion to encourage property owners to turn vacant lots and spaces into urban gardens, bringing […]
Read More Planting seeds of change in East Los AngelesZaira Sierra has met a lot of kids and parents as a volunteer for Richmond youth organizations. An exceptional experience at a Youth Enrichment Strategies farm camp inspired her commentary for Richmond Pulse.
Read More The power of the outdoorsVideos profile of two urban community gardens in Sacramento — Oak Park Sol and the youth-led Ubuntu Green garden — are on Access Sacramento.
Read More Urban gardens: Ubuntu Green and Oak Park SolWith all the problems the Oak Park is facing, and beleaguered by an ongoing gang war, residents were uplifted at a party organized to promote solidarity and active involvement in the community. Two neighborhood farming organizations are encouraging cleaning up and building gardens, in an effort to promote neighborhood unity. “We eventually want to have everyone participating in vacant lot cleanups, and in […]
Read More Oak Park party highlights urban agriculture
