Our Mission
We reinforce self-sustaining access to food and build community through urban farming, education, and recreation.
About
Planting the Seeds City Slicker Farms began with a mission to empower West Oakland community members to meet the basic need for fresh, healthy food by creating sustainable, high-yield urban farms and backyard gardens. Since its founding in 2001, City Slicker Farms has been at the forefront of the 21st-century sustainable urban farming and food…
Programs
Community Days Community Days are monthly events held at the West Oakland Farm Park that provides opportunities for individuals and groups to experience a day at the farm. Activities include fieldwork volunteering, workshops, cooking demo, seedling sales, and socializing. Many of our community days will have educational workshop or other activity happening. Check out our calendar to…
Volunteer
When? Our current drop-in volunteer hours are most Saturdays 12-4! Please look at the calendar below to see which Saturdays are available. What will I do? If you love weeding you’ve come to the right place. We also do a wide variety of other things such as seeding, planting, caring for chickens, light carpentry, and more…