Join City Slicker Farms in a hometown celebration of The Essential Urban Farmer, from Oakland’s very own urban farming experts, Novella Carpenter and Willow Rosenthal.  Come ask the authors your most pressing farming questions; hear from members of the leading Bay Area agricultural organizations; mingle with fellow Bay Area farmers (and friends of farmers); and eat, drink, and be merry - Oakland-style.  This event is FREE and all proceeds from book and food sales will go to support City Slicker Farms and its food justice efforts in West Oakland.

WHEN: May 31, 2012 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm

WHERE: First Unitarian Church of Oakland/ 685 14^th Street, Oakland, CA 94612

RSVP: An RSVP is required. Please do so by emailing anna@cityslickerfarms.org with the subject line: RSVP - The Essential Urban Farmer.

Featuring:

• A presentation and Q&A with the authors
• A chance to speak with members of the Bay’s leading agricultural organizations
• Libations from New Belgium Brewing Company
• Delectable bites from a local chef

Many thanks to our sponsors:
Garden: Marc and Mary Felton
Plant: Amicus Strategic Environmental Consulting
Seeds: Renee's Garden and Julia Indovina

It was ten years ago that City Slicker Farms first sprouted. Over the past decade, we’ve worked with so many amazing people.

We're so happy to share our 2010 Annual Report with you.  Thanks to all of our staff and board members for putting it together and thank you to Querido Galdo for designing it. 

We are thrilled that the Ferment Change crew is putting on amazing events to benefit City Slicker Farms and other food justice groups.  This is Ferment Change's fourth year and we hope you come out and join the fun!  See below for more information.

Rainy weather provides a great opportunity for contemplation.  Since we have been getting lots of rain over the past couple of weeks, City Slicker Farms staff thought it would be a great opportunity to share what has been happening in the field.  For more updates, you can also join our newsletter by adding your email address to the front page of our website.

Back in December 2010, Christopher Johnson, a radio producer and reporter, came by City Slicker Farms to find out what we're all about.  He just finished producing it and uploaded to The Oak Book.  You can listen to it here.

Thanks Christopher!  You did an amazing job!

Next week (starting Monday, January 10th) we will be doing some major work on our Fitzgerald and Union Plaza Park site (34th and Peralta Streets, Oakland CA).  We will be planting trees and installing flagstone paths and irrigation - this is a great job for someone who really wants to get their hands dirty and get exercise!