City Slicker Farms

At our urban farms (former empty lots) we focus on growing a seasonal variety of organic produce by maximizing yields while promoting plant diversity and soil health. We continually increase the amount of produce available to the community by starting new farms and helping residents to grow.

City Slicker Farms distributes produce to residents through farm stands, farmer's markets and work-trade. Sliding scale pricing means that no one is turned away for lack of funds. Our marketing efforts focus on low income customers who lack access to other sources of produce.

Our Workshop Series provides the information, resources, and supplies necessary for residents to grow their own organic produce and learn about gardening,cooking, nutrition, natural medicine, and ecology. Our educational programs for children and adults also provide experiential learning opportunities through school visits, work-days, and in-school programs.

City Slicker Farms helps low income West Oakland residents to grow produce to feed their families or to sell or barter through our sites. We help build organic vegetable gardens and provide the ongoing assistance, supplies, and materials necessary for successful growing. For those who want to sell produce we provide the markets necessary for sales and work with growers to ensure quality.

Our sustainable farming practices depend on decomposed plant and food wastes for fertilizer. We recycle local wastes such as wood chips and sawdust, restaurant and home kitchen scraps, garden clippings, and animal manure to create high-quality compost for use at our farms and for residents.

We ensure plant health and vigor by propagating our own organic plants for farms and gardens throughout West Oakland and for sale at our markets. As well as propagating annual vegetables, we grow a variety of medicinal and culinary herbs, flowers and fruiting plants. Each year we save seed at our farms in order to foster varieties adapted to our growing region and reduce dependence on outside sources.

Volunteers are the life-blood of the organization, providing the majority of the labor necessary for our success. We encourage people from all walks of life to come work in solidarity with the residents of West Oakland to create a more just system of food distribution.


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Our Mission City Slicker Farms increases food self-sufficiency in West Oakland by creating organic, sustainable, high-yield urban farms and back-yard gardens. These spaces provide healthy, affordable food and improve the environment. We seek to serve all West Oakland residents, prioritizing people who have least access. Our farms and gardens demonstrate the viability of a local food-production system, serve as community spaces, empower children and adults who want to learn about the connections between ecology, farming and the urban environment, and give West Oakland residents tools for self-reliance.	PROGRAMS Urban Farming: At our urban farms (former empty lots) we focus on growing a seasonal variety of organic produce by maximizing yields while promoting plant diversity and soil health. We continually increase the amount of produce available to the community by starting new farms and helping residents to grow. Food Distribution: City Slicker Farms distributes produce to residents through farm stands, farmer's markets and work-trade. Sliding scale pricing means that no one is turned away for lack of funds. Our marketing efforts focus on low income customers who lack access to other sources of produce. Education: Our Workshop Series provides the information, resources, and supplies necessary for residents to grow their own organic produce and learn about gardening,cooking, nutrition, natural medicine, and ecology. Our educational programs for children and adults also provide experiential learning opportunities through school visits, work-days, and in-school programs. Back-Yard Garden Building Program: City Slicker Farms helps low income West Oakland residents to grow produce to feed their families or to sell or barter through our sites. We help build organic vegetable gardens and provide the ongoing assistance, supplies, and materials necessary for successful growing. For those who want to sell produce we provide the markets necessary for sales and work with growers to ensure quality. Compost Program: Our sustainable farming practices depend on decomposed plant and food wastes for fertilizer. We recycle local wastes such as wood chips and sawdust, restaurant and home kitchen scraps, garden clippings, and animal manure to create high-quality compost for use at our farms and for residents. Nursery & Seed Saving Program: We ensure plant health and vigor by propagating our own organic plants for farms and gardens throughout West Oakland and for sale at our markets. As well as propagating annual vegetables, we grow a variety of medicinal and culinary herbs, flowers and fruiting plants. Each year we save seed at our farms in order to foster varieties adapted to our growing region and reduce dependence on outside sources. Volunteer Program: Volunteers are the life-blood of the organization, providing the majority of the labor necessary for our success. We encourage people from all walks of life to come work in solidarity with the residents of West Oakland to create a more just system of food distribution.

City Slicker Farms was founded by local residents and is sustained by community participation at all levels. We honor the contribution African American residents have made and continue to make to the history and culture of West Oakland, while celebrating the growing presence of Latino and Asian communities. Through supporting historical residents and people of color, we advocate for food justice and strengthen our community's ability to resist the forces of gentrification and displacement. City Slicker Farms works to improve the overall quality of life in West Oakland by collaborating with a variety of other West Oakland organizations such as the Alameda County Food Bank, Black Dot Collective, The Crucible, Jubilee West,Mo Better Foods, OBUGS, Oakland Unified School District, and People's Grocery.
	Contact us: 1625 16th Street, Oakland, CA 94607 ph.510.763.4241 * info@cityslickerfarms.org

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