Earth Week at Hayes Valley Farm
Celebrate Earth Week Sunday, April 24 – Friday, April 29 Hayes Valley Farm’s Earth Week will follow Earth Day. San Francisco already planned a great festival on April 23rd, so the farm decided to...
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Thank You Very Mulch
Bay View Greenwaste provides fertile ground for San Francisco’s urban agriculture revolution Just a few years ago, they were abandoned freeways, dilapidated back yards, and institutional dumping grounds. But today, thanks to San Francisco’s...
Corbett Slope
A fresh vision for Corbett Slope Permaculture is a holistic, systems thinking approach to ecological design. The philosophy and embedded principles can be applied to support someone as they design as backyard garden, to...
Volunteer
All over town, there are multiple opportunities to volunteer in gardens, urban farms and other permaculture-related projects. To add your event to the calendar, please contact us.
Grow Your Favorite Fruit
‘Grow Your Favorite Fruit’ is the theme of this year’s Scion Exchange, held by the Golden Gate Chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG), being held at the El Sobrante Baptist Church, on...
Please Touch Community Garden
Visit the project official blog @ http://pleasetouchgarden.tumblr.com/ Have you ever walked past that empty lot on Grove Street, right next to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and City Hall? This high-traffic space in midst...
Healing Soil, Healing Ourselves
Saturday was Soil Day in my permaculture design course. But if you really want to learn all about soil – from how to determine its texture to how to manage its structure and prevent...
Ecotopian Democracy
A few years ago I had the chance to sit down with Ernest Callenbach and discuss solutionary governance ideas. I posted this after the interview. Any reference to state referendum bills and their numbered...
Garden City Part IV – Other Public Land
What public land might be underutilized or vacant that could be used for food production or other ecosystemic uses in San Francisco? We’ve already assessed the opportunities of Recreation and Park Department land, but...
Garden City Part III – San Francisco Parks
After backyards, Recreation and Parks Department (RPD) land seems like a logical place to seek space for food cultivation. Although RPD has over 4,000 acres of land, I am not certain that prioritizing that...
