The Urban Farm gets a facelift
NEWS FROM THE URBAN FARM – April 2010
The Urban Farm gets a facelift. TUF held a spring cleanup weekend on April 10 and 11th. More than 130 volunteers showed up to clean, reorganize, and spruce up The Farm. Rocky Mountain Excavation donated a full day of road grading and crowning to address water runoff and pot hole issues. The new look from Sand Creek Trail is astonishing! Thank you to all those who helped make a difference.
Chipoltle holds fundraiser for TUF and Feed Denver. April 11th, friends and neighbors converged on Chipoltle in Stapleton for a delicious time of good food and lively conversation. The restaurant donated half of the receipts from the evening to TUF and Feed Denver. Well over a hundred people enjoyed the concept – eat dinner and help The Farm at the same time. Thanks Chipoltle.
28 school days till summer break! It’s not too late to sign up for summer workshops at The Urban Farm. TUF still has some morning workshop and evening class availability for children and youth ages 4 – 18 years. Offerings include Embracing Horses classes, Storybook Farm and I Want To Be A Farmer workshops. Contact info@theurbanfarm.org or 303-307-9332 for more information.
Adults can take classes too! Adult riding classes are available. Feed Denver is launching a series of classes on Urban Agriculture – class offerings include Culinary Herbs as Healing Herbs, Keeping Chickens in the City, Introduction to Permaculture, Fiber Arts, and others. Online registration can be completed at www.FeedDenver.com.
Youth Corps teaches sustainable food production. — Recently, four youth were selected by Feed Denver at The Urban Farm to participate as part of a national Youth Corps to teach other kids about sustainable food production. The kids have spent several months learning the Growing Power model being replicated at TUF (ie growing soil, vermicomposting, year round food production, aquaponics, etc) and are now going to other cities around the country helping schools and youth groups establish their own projects. Over spring break the kids and TUF staff travelled to New Orleans to help establish an aquaponics project in the 9th ward.
Free Farm tours for Stapleton friends and neighbors. May 8th between 9:00 and noon, Stapleton residents are invited to come over to The Farm for a free tour. TUF Kids and adult volunteers will show people around the Farm – introducing them to the animals (we may have new lambs by then) and showing them around the gardens.
Summer Farm Market. On May 8th we will also launch a summer “farm market” which will be held each Saturday morning from 9:00 am till noon. Fresh greens, fresh eggs, and other delectables will be available for purchase. Pony rides for $5.00 will be available during the market.
