Join the Harvest at Hester Farm (Every Saturday 7:30am)

1460 The Alameda,San Jose CA 95126

26 February, 2022

Description

Come learn about our ROA teaching farm, make new friends while harvesting produce for the Farmers Market to help fund CNGF programs. Join volunteers from the California Native Garden Foundation to harvest produce for the Farmers Market! Learn about sustainable, Regenerative Organic Agriculture (ROA) farming practices. Every Saturday from 7:30am to ~9:30am, we harvest, plant, and perform various other gardening tasks as needed at Hester Farm - 1460 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126.. The farm is located behind the school off of Pershing Avenue. Do feel free to come for any time/duration within those hours that works for your schedule. We will be happy to see you. Also, please do not feel like you need to stay the whole time! Be sure to dress for gardening, bring a hat and water. If you have your own tools/gloves you are welcome to bring them, as we have a limited supply of clippers and hand trowels. This is an outdoor socially-distanced activity. Thank you for choosing to join us in our mission to revolutionize how land is used through urban regenerative agriculture and native community gardens that bring nature into the city. Your help is valued and we greatly appreciate your time and effort. Together, we can cultivate change in our community and solve global issues such as climate change and food insecurity with local solutions. Learn more about our programs for resilient job creation: https://cngf.org/naturejobs/ -------------------------------- We are the Center for Urban Sustainability (CUS), the hub for a network of 25 EAT•GROW•LEARN centers throughout Santa Clara County. We have partnered with San Jose Evergreen Community College District Workforce Institute (SJECCD-WI) to create the CUS Center. We are supported by members of our local community who want to solve the climate crisis at home first. We have been developing our skill sets to transform cities for 45 years. Our focus is on education and job creation programs, growing highly nutritious food in small spaces in cities, the rewilding of cities for human health and well being and bringing world scientists together to introduce better methods to meet human life cycle needs in cities, close to where 50% of humans now live. We support land justice, food security, food sovereignty, social justice and new fossil fuel free jobs in our local community. If you are concerned about the IPCC’s latest climate report, JOIN US! Be part of the solution! Check out cngf.org to learn more about our many other programs. CNGF is a nonprofit that wants to help educate the public, especially school children, about native gardens. We are more than a community garden. We are an econeighborhood. Come out & support our teaching gardens and urban farm. Help us grow these gardens and others by joining our eco-neighborhood. We are a movement led by grandmothers and mothers. We are a spark plug for change in San Jose downtown development.