Farm Day!

8 Greycourt Avenue,Chester NY 10918

01 April, 2023

Description

In the name of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad and Fannie Lou Hamer and the Freedom Farm Cooperative, Liberation Farm returns with Farm Day. What's Happening? "Farm Day" with Liberation Farm at Chester Agricultural Center. DATE: April 1-2, 2023 TIME: 9:00AM-2:00PM LOCATION: Chester Agricultural Center - 8 Greycourt Ave, Chester, NY 10918 What is Farm Day? Farm Day is a Work Day. It is an opportunity for you to learn farming skills and volunteer for liberation. Farm Day can serve as just another day in community organizing or your very first introduction to working and learning in a Black space. What is Liberation Farm? Liberation Farm is operated by Nadia and Omowale. LF is a space for Black culture to cultivate food and community agriculture. Our space is Unapologetically Black. It means we focus on teaching Black descendants who are less than 1% of the farm-owners in the US. Black farmers produce food on only .5% of the land. Liberation Farm is a 100% vegan group. Please, no animal food products while in space. What is Chester Agricultural Center? Chester Agricultural Center is a non-profit space occupied by regenerative farmers in the "black dirt" region of Orange County, NY. The soil in the black dirt region has some of the highest concentrated organic matter in the U.S. What are some Farm Day Work/Learn Opportunities? : Composting waste Sowing Seeds Clean & Trash Pickup Cultural Bonding Opportunities for Black Folks Allies can learn how to be accomplices Transporting material on the property What have we grown? Liberation Farm has successfully grown beet, greens, cannabis, microgreens, oregano, peppers, spinach, squash and tomato, but we are definitely a beet farm. Over 90% of our crops are beets. Because beets are a superfood and both Nadia and Omowale love beets! Beets taste great! Beets are a sweetener. Beets are a good source of iron, potassium, magnesium, and Vitamin D6. Beets are an amazing blood purifier, heart regulator, skin tightener, and digestive system cleaner. What is the Farm Day contingency plan should we not meet? Should the weather be too frigid, hurricane winds or too much Rain, we will reschedule for a later date. Email us if you have questions. Upcoming Farm Days: Saturday April 1st & Sunday April 2nd FARM DAY Agenda: -Welcome 9:00AM -Farm Work 9:30AM -Lunch & Games 12PM -Wrap-Up 1:00PM -Farewell 2:00PM Free Parking is Available. Dress warm. We will be outside. However, there is space to remove layers or small items temporarily. Children are welcome. Please look after your children. Chester Agricultural Center has various terrains, it may rain, and we will be using farming tools and equipment. Please practice safety standards by familiarizing yourself with www.Liberationfarm.org.