CHANGE!!! Regular Operating Hours are now THURSDAY NIGHTS from 5-8p!

We wanted to let you know about a big change at City Limits Urban Farm. In order to preserve people's Saturdays, we are CHANGING REGULAR OPERATING HOURS from Saturday mornings to THURSDAY NIGHTS from 5-8p.

We will harvest on Thursday nights. We will save Saturdays for special service groups who would like to work together on a Saturday or another time of choosing (please contact us to arrange) or for any special service projects for the Farm, for which we will give you prior notice.

We hope you will appreciate this change and will even feel more free to participate on Thursday nights! Please let me know if you have any questions and if you will be able to volunteer THIS Thursday night anytime from 5-8p.

Thank you!

P.S. We will have refreshments on Thursday nights, and we even have a BBQ grill onsite that you can bring your own meat to grill on (let us know beforehand if you want to do this). We can also grill some of the Farm veggies too!

Mormon Helping Hands this Saturday!

Members of a local congregation from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be providing service at the Farm this Saturday, April 28, from 9 am to noon, as part of their annual state service project "Mormon Helping Hands."

We are thrilled that the Menlo Park Ward has agreed to perform service clearing, preparing, and planting land; putting up row signs; assembling a shed, compost bin, and tomato cages; and cleaning up the area. Their service will be invaluable, and we can't wait for the fun event.

All ages are welcome to attend. We will have projects for all ages and fitness levels, as well as activities for the children.

Please bring (if you have them): gloves, hoes, shovels, rakes, hammers, crowbars, paint brushes, kids yard tools, beach shovels and buckets, brooms, scrub brushes, old rags, and newspaper. We would also love to have your old garbage cans, if you would like to donate them. And, don't forget your hats and sunscreen!

Directions: The Farm is across the street from 809 Schembri Lane, East Palo Alto (click "Map" at the right), but parking is limited. Please park in the Home Depot/Taco Bell parking lots on E. Bayshore in EPA and look for the shuttle signs near Taco Bell. We will have a shuttle van to take you to the Farm nearby.

Any questions, please email us at citylimitsfarm@gmail.com.

It's time to start the 2012 season at the Farm! Need volunteers!

We have already had a group of people from Propel Fuels, along with a few others, do some major clearing of the land for the Farm this year. Now we need to finish prepping the soil and get planting!

We plan to do the prepping and planting this Saturday, April 7, starting at 9 am (we will likely be there earlier but want to make the time more manageable for volunteers). We would love all the help we can get!

What better way to celebrate the Easter season than to participate in some good service? Please email us at citylimitsfarm@gmail.com if you will be able to come volunteer. If you have them, bring your garden tools (shovels, hoes, rakes) and gloves--if not, just show up and we'll get you outfitted. We hope to see you there!

This Saturday - First Time the Youth Leaders Do Harvest on Their Own

We are so very excited because this Saturday is the first day the youth leaders will be running the harvest entirely on their own (Matt and I won't be there).  They are excited as well!  They are going to be superb.  It's a great time to volunteer to help out -- many hands make for light work (or something to that effect).

Enjoy and Matt and I will miss you this weekend!

Latest News - Harvest Table and Youth Leaders

As part of his Eagle project, Sam made us a beautiful harvest table that is an essential part of our weekly harvesting.  Thank you, Sam!  We absolutely love it!

In other news, we are getting the organization staffed with youth.  So far, we have two youth directors and two youth advisors.  We still need three more youth advisors and eventually some youth staff.  Let us know if you have any ideas for youth who would like to help run the farm (email us at citylimitsfarm@gmail.com).

City Limits Urban Farm Finally Begins

This has been a long time coming, but we are finally delivering bags of produce from the farm. We have planted the farm for two trial years and are now recognizing the dream to start this nonprofit farm for the benefit of youth (who will receive valuable work experience as they run the farm and will, eventually, be able to receive scholarships), of the community (who will have the opportunity to volunteer to man the farm), and of the consumer (who will get weekly bags of fresh local produce that is naturally-grown without chemicals). 

This year will be our pilot year. Whoever is interested in being involved will be able to provide their input as we get it fully up and running and work out the kinks.

We hope to have you join our growing family and to see you on occasion volunteering at the farm--that’s where the real fun happens (families welcome). Summer operating hours are posted (to your left) on Saturday mornings from 9-12. Keep checking the blog to be aware of any changes to the calendar or upcoming events. We would love to have you come visit the farm. Email us at citylimitsfarm@gmail.com to let us know when you would like to visit the farm or to volunteer!