Farm Friends,
Check out and register for our upcoming winter fruit tree pruning workshop (our second this season), and our annual winter water gardening/pond restoration day. Find info on the workshops page.
Farm Updates
December Workday Schedule
Dear Farm Friends,
Please note that our last community volunteer workday of the year will be on Monday, December 22.
We will resume volunteer workdays on Saturday, January 3.
We look forward to working with you in the new year!
Join us for Harvest Festival!
Join Friends of Alemany Farm and the Alemany Apartments Community for …
Alemany Farm’s 20th Annual Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 25
11 am to 3 pm
Alemany Farm, 700 Alemany Blvd, SF
FREE
The day will include:
- Garlic planting
- Farm tours
- Face painting
- Pumpkin decorating
- Other family-friendly activities
- DJ
- Pig roast, BBQ, farm salad, and more good food (Noon-ish & 1 pm-ish)
- Farm merch
- Community groups (SF Beekeepers Association, Master Food Preservers, Urban Sprouts, Tree Frog Treks, plus others)
- …and more
Please Note: There will only be very limited parking onsite at the farm. If you are driving to the farm, you should expect to park in the surrounding vicinity. We encourage folks to use public transit or pedal power. For directions and other info on visiting the farm, see our Get Involved page.
Interested in volunteering for the event? We could use some extra hands with a variety of activities and areas. Contact us at community.gardeners@gmail.com for more info and to sign up for a shift!
We hope to see you on October 25!
Thank you to our co-sponsors:
Alemany Resident Management Corp
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center
SF Recreation & Parks
San Francisco Landscapes
Bridge Housing
In-kind donor: World Centric
Event partners and participants include:
- Alemany Farm Medicinal Herb Garden team
- California Climate Action Corps
- Mission Neighborhood Center Head Start
- Patagonia Provisions
- SF Beekeepers Association
- SF Office of the Environment
- Tree Frog Treks
- UC Master Food Preservers
- Urban Sprouts
June 22: Nourish Your Nerves workshop
Dear Farm Friends,
Check out our upcoming workshop on Sunday, June 22: herbalist Tessa Kappe will explore herbal allies for stress management. Learn more on our workshops page!
Join us for our Earth Day Celebration!
Join Friends of Alemany Farm and the Alemany Apartments Community for …
Alemany Farm’s 18th Annual Earth Day Celebration
Saturday, April 26
11 am to 3 pm
Alemany Farm, 700 Alemany Blvd, SF
FREE
The day will include:
- Planting (11 am – 1 pm)
- Face painting (11 am – 2 pm)
- Farm tours
- Family-friendly activities
- DJ
- Live music by Duo Pizzicato (12:30 – 1:30 pm)
- Pig roast, BBQ, farm salad, and more good food (Noon-ish & 1 pm-ish)
- Farm merch & mini plant sale
- Community groups
- …and more
Interested in volunteering for the event? We could use some extra hands with a variety of activities and areas. Contact us at community.gardeners@gmail.com for more info and to sign up for a shift!
Please Note: There will only be very limited parking onsite at the farm. If you are driving to the farm, you should expect to park in the surrounding vicinity. We encourage folks to use public transit or pedal power. For directions and other info on visiting the farm, see our Get Involved page.
We hope to see you on April 26!
Thank you to our co-sponsors:
Alemany Resident Management Corp
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center
SF Recreation & Parks
San Francisco Landscapes
Bridge Housing
In-kind donor: World Centric
Event partners:
Alemany Natives/Nursery
Deep Medicine Circle
Duo Pizzicato
Mission Neighborhood Center
Patagonia Provisions
San Francisco Beekeepers Association
Tree Frog Treks
Support us with a Year-End Gift
For this giving season, we have set a $50K fundraising goal. To date, we’ve raised over $35K! By making a gift, you can help us meet or surpass our goal, and keep the farm resilient for the coming year. Learn more on our Donate page, or check out our most recent email appeal.
Farm Voices: Tati
As we close out the year and enter the giving season, we want to let some folks in the farm community share with you, in their own words, what they think makes the farm special and how it has impacted their lives.
Tati
she/her
Hometown: San Francisco
Tati is an alum of our paid apprenticeship program, and is currently a farm assistant. She’s been involved with the farm for almost three years. Since the summer she has been serving as a weekend community workday coordinator, where she helps members of the public experience the farm and pitch in with our work. If you’ve volunteered in recent months, perhaps you’ve already met Tati!
How has your experience at the farm affected your life?
Working and learning in Alemany Farm has changed my life for the best – I’ve learned how to eat healthier, I’m learning all about vegetables that I didn’t know about. I am able to keep learning and working hard in the farm to provide for my children, to eat healthy with my children and more – I am grateful and thankful for that.
Why is it important that places like Alemany Farm exist?
It’s important because we can keep feeding the people who can’t afford or don’t have the money to buy food especially in hard times. Alemany Farm helps teach the people about food justice and more, and helps people like me to keep working and learning to provide for my children, to provide for myself, to help myself to be healthier with my family.
Why should people support Friends of Alemany Farm?
Because it will help generations and generations to learn about food justice, farming, eating healthier for their good health and we can keep feeding generations and generations.
Do you have a favorite farm plant, vegetable, fruit, or creature, and why?
Yes, my favorite farm plant is pericón (Mexican mint marigold) – it smells amazing, it’s a medicinal plant, and is beautiful. My favorite vegetable is arugula, it tastes strong but good and it’s good for your health. My favorite creatures are butterflies because they’re beautiful like us human beings.
Do you have a favorite farm chore, task, or responsibility?
My favorite responsibility is to be a farm assistant because I am able to do a lot of things on the farm, and learn to do more. My favorite task is learning to be a harvest manager because you get to harvest all the vegetables with the farm team and you get to feed the people.
What is one of your favorite things about Alemany Farm?
I love that Alemany farm provides free food to the Alemany community and others outside of the community. I love how Alemany farm is always open to teach people all about farming and food growing. I love to see people come to Alemany farm to volunteer, to learn and to experience the farm.
This giving season, make a gift to support our hardworking farm staff
all they do to keep the farm work going!
A Late Fall Day at Alemany Farm
We are working at the farm year-round, and each season has its own feel. Enjoy the colors, textures, and mood of a drizzly late fall workday as you click through the gallery images below. While you’re here, please consider supporting us for Giving Tuesday!
Native Habitat Restoration Workdays
Farm Friends,
In addition to our regular native plant workdays on the first Monday and third Saturdays of each month clonazepam online 2mg, this fall we have opportunities to join our native plant stewards for native habitat restoration workdays on the farm’s upper hillside.
Dates and times:
Saturday, October 19: 10 am – 12:30 pm; 1 – 3 pm
Saturday, November 16: 10 am – 12:30 pm; 1 – 3 pm
Saturday, December 14: 10 am – 12:30 pm; 1 – 3 pm
To sign up for one of the workdays above, please email alemany.native@gmail.com.
Water Gardening & Pond Restoration Workday
Saturday, September 21, 2024
1 – 5 pm
Alemany Farm
Instructor: Brett Stephens
Suggested Donation: $0 – $15; no one turned away for lack of funds
Please sign up in advance!
Come out for our annual late summer pond cleanup day and learn about aquatic plants and water management while helping with pond maintenance. Learn about pond ecology and support habitat restoration for the red wing black bird, tule reeds, and more. The pond work day will include a discussion on pond ecology, the importance of water sources on organic farms, strategies for management and creating plant and animal diversity. Bring your hip waders or rain boots, if you have them (a few will be provided), gloves, snacks, and join us in getting your hands wet!
Brett Stephens is owner/project manager of San Francisco Landscapes. He is certified in permaculture design, a Bay-Friendly professional, ARCSA accredited professional, and a long-time volunteer at Alemany Farm.