News

State Sen. Mike McGuire visits Noyo Food Forest, published October 10, 2019 Mendocino Beacon

Word of Mouth Magazine, published August 31, 2019

A future for farming on the Mendocino Coast, published April 11, 2019 Fort Bragg Advocate News LIVE video

Rural district serves as model for offering healthy meals – EdSource

Mendo Lake Family Life August 2012

Noyo Food Forest: Community Agriculture Improving the Planet – Real Estate Magazine

Noyo Food Forest breaks ground at high school – Fort Bragg Advocate News November 2006

February 18, 2015 → Noyo Food Forest Awarded USDA Grant

Noyo Food Forest has been awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for $232,515 over two and a half years. The funding will support a program in partnership with the California Department of Food and Agriculture to inspire youth to pursue careers in the specialty crop industry while increasing utilization of local specialty crops in Fort Bragg school cafeterias.

The Specialty Crop Education and Entrepreneurial Development for Transition-Age Youth (SeedTray) Project is an experiential training program for high school age and older youth to teach them to produce specialty crops, which will be purchased by the school for use in school meals. The youth will teach nutrition to younger students and earn stipends while they consider entering sustainable agricultural training programs.

“Programs for students interns have been a strong point for Noyo Food Forest. This funding will enable us to extend this training and employment opportunities to more youth.”

Noyo Food Forest President Steve Lund