2 Farms in 2 Days

On the weekend of February 27-28th, the school communities of Richmond High School and Kennedy High School will be building 2 school “farms” in 2 days! These farms will grow food that directly changes the food landscape of the families in the schools of Richmond. And best of all, the farms will be built by the students, teachers, parents and community members surrounding the schools. These “farms” will accompany Urban Agriculture Institutes at both schools where students will learn not only how to manage the farms, but earn graduation credit, learn better nutrition and build and beautify the school community. Please help us fundraise for the material and labor costs to make these “farms” a reality. Richmond and Kennedy High will be the first High Schools in California to run a food production program that is student centered, service oriented, and entirely focused on producing healthy food that feeds the community from which it came. Support that premise and begin to bring change to our public schools.

We have many ways in which to support this endeavor. Please choose a product-level that you are comfortable with and will help moves us towards our goal of $80,000 by February 27th. Thank you.

Sponsor Our Farms

1 sq ft of the Farm

For a donation of $5 you can sponsor 1 square foot of the farm.

Every square foot will produce 3 pounds of produce for the Richmond community. Buy 10 square feet and provide 50 pounds of produce/year for a West County family.

Garden Tools

We will need a number of shovels, rakes, hoes, pitch forks, axes, trowels, post diggers and other garden tools in order to operate the farms.

A donation of $25 to Urban Tilth buys one of these necessary tools.

1 cubic yard of Compost!

Until we are able to produce enough of our own rich home grown compost, we will need to supply the farms with over 100 cubic yards of compost.

For a donation of $40 you can sponsor 1 cubic yard of nutrient rich compost for one of the 2 farms.

Tool box and tools

A donation to Urban Tilth at this level will allow us to purchase one of the 2 tool boxes necessary to operate these two school farms.

Wheelbarrow

A donation to Urban Tilth at this level will allow us to purchase one of the 10 wheelbarrows necessary to operate these two school farms and CSAs.

Digital Camera

A donation to Urban Tilth at this level will allow us to purchase one of the 4 digital cameras necessary to operate document the Urban Agriculture classes, Apprentice program and add the student led Green media working groups with their final projects