Urban Farms: Your Neighborhood Market Just Got Closer
Earth Day is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate the Earth than by putting our hands in it. Manipulating the soil, harvesting crops, tending bees, and even raising livestock is not...
View ArticleRichmond youth learn agriculture and more at Urban Tilth's summer apprenticeship
It’s a sunny, windy afternoon in Richmond, and Adam Boisvert is out in a garden. “Right now we are in the heart of the Richmond High school garden, this is half of the growing space that we have,” he...
View ArticleUrban agriculture ordinance heads to fruition in Richmond
A vibrant mural announces Happy Lot Farm and Garden to visitors and anyone passing by. A greenhouse stands in the middle of the lot, and an improvised chicken coop occupies one corner. The trees and...
View ArticleInterview with Tai Moses, author of Zooburbia
More than 80 percent of Americans live in cities and suburbs, but that does not mean they have to be cut off from nature -- according to author Tai Moses. Her new book, Zooburbia, is a call for people...
View ArticleYour Call: How are urban farms changing cities?
On the June 17th edition of Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about urban agriculture. Eighty percent of the US population lives in cities, further from farms than ever, but more and more city...
View ArticleUrban farmer Novella Carpenter on raising animals in the middle of Oakland
When you think of a farmer, you may picture an old curmudgeon in overalls and straw hat squinting out at a bucolic pasture, chewing a piece of grass as he slaps wildly at flying pests. Well, that was...
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