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    One of the most exciting things happening are our year-round classes and workshops on the farm. You get hands-on experience with exciting topics such as backyard organic gardening, vermicomposting, fruit tree cultivation and beneficial insect management. Hayes Valley Farm is THE site for rich experiential learning relating to urban agriculture! Learn more about our classes today.

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    Do you like food, fun and farms? ... Come on by to one of our events and learn more about how an urban farm can transform our urban landscapes into a healthier, thriving, diverse and abundant environment.

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    This farm needs a lot of support to thrive. We believe in the power of many and hope you can join us as a volunteer, a donor or a visitor to help transform this space into a community hub. There are many ways to get involved. Try volunteering, becoming a member, or attending one of our upcoming events.

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    Support can come in many ways, but we are confident that you'll find some way, whether large or small to contribute to our project. We would love if you perused our wish list, became a donor, or became a member of Hayes Valley Farm. With your support we can afford to offer affordable classes to everyone, host school tours and donate our surplus back to the community.

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Symbiotic relationships exist between many organisms. The teeth-cleaning shrimp come to mind. A little underwater spa treatment would make anyone feel like a new animal. One lifeform needs the other to do its job or survive. Our beautiful bald berms needed a healthy dose of nitrogen, to complement our thick layer of carbon cardboard. Our job, as farmers, was to breathe new life into soil that had been robbed of a lot of its nutrients, by walls of thick ivy.  Our best solution for implementing the nitrogen cure: a healthy dose of water-resilient volunteers!

After the last few weeks of spreading cardboard and organic matter on the farm many people were wondering, what's next? What will be our first "crop" this Spring?
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