Tag Archives: City Farm

Urban Agriculture Talk with Farmer-Author Novella Carpenter and Farmer Rich Pederson, November 12 at 7pm

We’re really excited about our two talks coming up in the next few weeks – the “Building and Maintaining a Local Food System” panel discussion at URI’s Kingston campus on Thursday, November 5 at 6pm, as well as this talk:

Farm City, City Farm: Tales in Urban Farming from Farmer-Author Novella Carpenter and Farmer Rich Pederson

Sponsored by Slow Food Rhode Island and Southside Community Land Trust
Thursday, November 12, 2009, 7pm
at the First Unitarian Church of Providence, 1 Benevolent Street
A donation of $10.00 per person ($5.00 for students) is suggested

Join us for a evening of stories – trials, tribulations, and triumphs – from two talented urban farmers; Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: the Education of an Urban Farmer, and Rich Pederson, Southside Community Land Trust’s City Farm Farm Manager.

Novella and Rich will take turns sharing their urban agriculture experiences with us, with their unique perspectives influenced by each of their environments; Novella’s in Oakland, California, and Rich’s here in Providence. They’ll follow their story-telling with an audience question and answer period, which is sure to be entertaining and informative – and quite likely very funny as well.

For more information, email slowfoodri@gmail.com

Southside Community Land Trust Annual Plant Sale May 16 & 17

Southside Community Land Trust‘s 17th Annual Plant Sale is taking place this weekend, May 16 and 17 at City Farm. Hours are from 10am – 2pm, with a special preview from 9am – 10am for Southside Community Land Trust members.

City Farm is located in South Providence at West Clifford and Dudley Streets. In addition to rare and unusual plants, including lots and lots of veggies, there will be live music, and you’ll be helping support a great cause while filling your own garden with good food and interesting plants.

Slow Food RI welcomes City Farm to the RAFT Grow-out

Slow Food Rhode Island is happy to have Southside Community Land Trust’s City Farm joining in the Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT) Grow-out project.

City Farm is the original garden that launched Southside Community Land Trust. It was founded on an abandoned lot that had been used as a chop shop for stolen cars. In 1981, neighbors in this area joined together to form community gardens that evolved into Southside Community Land Trust, and now City Farm provides a space for children and adults alike to learn about sustainable growing practices.

City Farm hosts a summer children’s garden program, youth internships, fieldtrips, apprenticeships and public workshops in urban agriculture. Neighborhood children spend time at City Farm learning about gardening first-hand, including activities like feeding the hens, helping to weed, learning the names of plants, and picking and eating edible flowers, sweet cherry tomatoes, and delicious raspberries.

City Farm is a 3/4 acre farm that supplies local farmers markets, groceries, restaurants, coffee shops and food pantries such as the Amos House, Food Not Bombs and the RI Food Bank, and this season. They will add True Red Cranberry Beans and Boothby’s Blonde Cucumber, two of the RAFT Grow-out varieties, to their list of crops this summer.