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Yolanda Burrell’s Front Yard Farm and New Farm Store
TJ, Yolanda’s six year old son pops into a photo. Yolanda Burrell has got to be the busiest urban farmer I’ve met. Besides vegetables, chickens, and home renovations, she’s got a husband, two kids and...
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A Project Hatches in Richmond
Kelli Barram, center, with fourth graders in the edible garden at Washington Elementary School in Richmond CA. What kid wouldn’t want to hatch chicks from eggs? The lucky fourth graders at Washington...
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City Grazing, San Francisco
I’ve always wondered about the goats I’ve seen grazing along the railroad tracks in San Francisco’s Bayview District. Recently I got the chance to meet manager Genevieve Church and learn about the...
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Suzanne Carter at Henry Haight School Garden
Where does food come from? Suzanne Carter got a good laugh when she heard a first grader proudly proclaim that “honey comes from the honey bee tree.” Being able to teach kids first-hand about where...
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Acta Non Verba Teaches Kids about Growing Food
Kelly Carlisle in the Act Non Verba farm she founded in East Oakland. Kelly Carlisle is a woman of action, so it’s appropriate the Latin name she selected for the youth urban farm project she started,...
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West Oakland Farm Park
Rodney Spencer, executive director of City Slicker Farms. There’s a difference when you walk into to West Oakland’s newest park. The plaza beckons with its lush grass. There’s picnic tables and a...
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