The Learning Garden
November 28 #GivingTuesday The Global Giving Movement is here, kicking off the charitable season! As a non-profit organization, community support is vital to fulfilling our mission: education in cultivating a healthy sustainable food system, and providing organically grown produce to our local schools. Please consider a tax-deductible donation to keep our Learning Garden growing! …
We are so grateful to all of our supporters – Wishing you and yours a joyous and bountiful Holiday! The garden will be closed Thursday 11/23 and Friday 11/24 in observance of Thanksgiving.
We are accepting applications for the Winter Internship Program! SeedTray2 WINTER Internship 2017 Application SeedTray2 WINTER Internship 2017 Reference Form The counseling office at Fort Bragg High School and Noyo Food Forest office (next to the Learning Garden at 300A Dana St.) has hard copies of the application. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM HERE Quick…
The February Floods are here! Despite the seemingly ever-rising tide that is inundating everything, the garden team is still hard at work in the field, seeding, planting, harvesting & hustling to keep the food flowing. In the previous storm about fourteen of the fiberglass roof panels were blown off the Shade House roof; luckily with…
2016 May be ending, but our Winter garden is just getting started, take a look at what we’ve been up to: click on any image for high res It ends up what was sitting at the bottom of some massive compost heaps when I got…
by Matthew Richards I had the good fortune to attend a recent talk given by Linda Leitner the venerable head gardener at the Redwood Coast Senior Center; the topic of the talk being a remarkable perennial gourd thought to originate from Mesoamerica. It is known by many names throughout the world but “Chayote” (Sechium edule)…
Friday December 11th, 2015 our staff attended the Northern California Regional Gathering for Farm to School Network hosted by North Coast Opportunities. This event was held at the Willits grange and featured some truly amazing farmers, gardeners, food service directors, and a mass of other folks who are dedicated to the health and wellness of…
John Jeavons, internationally known advocate for a sustainable agricultural method called Biontensive mini-farming, will join us at Noyo Food Forest’s Second Annual Harvest Feast on Thursday, October 10 at the Mendo Bistro. Mr. Jeavons, who farms near Willits, will be the first recipient of the “Local Food Hero Award.” He is the author of a…
Summer is a busy time in any garden, but especially in the Learning Garden where high school students participating in Noyo Food Forest’s Summer Youth Internship Program learn the ins and outs of running a small farm through hands-on experience. There are two groups of six interns during the summer season, each working for four…
Joel Salatin, the farmer and author, will give a free talk Wednesday October 26th at 7:00 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room at Redwood Elementary School in Fort Bragg. Gallery Bookshop will be on hand with copies of his new book, Folks, This Ain’t Normal, and sales will benefit the Noyo Food Forest. Salatin, hailed…