Grateful

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.

Winter Internship Program!

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…

Noyo Food Forest is Hiring!

Join the Noyo Food Forest team! We are currently seeking a GARDEN EDUCATOR to join our team. Please see the Garden Educator Job Description 2017 for details. If you love the work we do, are interested in keeping the vision going strong, and think you possess the required qualifications for this position we would love…

Gardens For Good Grant Opportunity

Vote NFF!! This summer NFF will have 10 interns working in the Learning Garden, learning directly how to grow organic food, build soil, and garden sustainably. They will also sell the produce they have a hand in growing and tending to at the Fort Bragg Farmers Market, learning important job skills in marketing, presentation, and…

Summer Solstice Update

Happy Summer Solstice! It’s been a little while since we’ve posted and the garden is exploding with life rejuvenation, seed, welcome critters… so we thought it a good time to catch you up on this first day of summer. In this post: 2nd Bee Swarm Summer Interns and NFF Farm Stand New Grant Opportunity 2nd…

Seeds of Change Grant

Your votes got us in the door for this Seeds of Change grant opportunity, however judges did not choose NFF as a finalist grant recipient (see the results here). Meanwhile come and visit us at the weekly Fort Bragg Farmers Market every Wednesday from 3 – 6p or come volunteer in the Learning Garden Thursdays…

Building healthy ecologies from the dirt up…

One of the humans behind Dirt Cheap and Mendo Ag… Works with policy makers in California, Colorado and Washington states to help guide public policy toward more sustainable agriculture models Designed the horticultural program for Carbondale, Illinois group, IESO, with a water recycling process that reduced the company’s water usage by 75% Collaborated on the…

CA Farm To School Program

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…

Joel Salatin In Person

  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…