The Photo Adventure Club formed in May, out of the first of the Photography and Social Media Workshops held by Zoey Kroll.

Photo enthusiasts, fun-lovers with camera phones and volunteers of all ages (including some amazing photographers, Giovanni and Enzo, both four years old) gathered to take pictures in and around the "2.2 acre outdoor photo studio."

Photo adventures each had a theme such as "Mother's Day Portraits", "Streets of Hayes Valley" and "Renaissance of Hayes Valley."

This Sunday's theme is "Portraits of City Farmers" so get out there. If you haven't made it over yet, now is the time.

On Monday May 17^th, Bush Baker Preschool visited the farm to kick off Magic Mondays. To give you a little background, our Magic Monday program is a day reserved for groups at the farm. We ask for a minimum of 5 kids in the same age group to run a 2-hour program. Our biggest audiences of interest thus far have been schools, although any youth group regardless of affiliation is certainly welcome.

Eight students and three adult allies from Bush Baker Preschool arrived by public transit around 10am. Three of us garden educators greeted the group with smiles bright enough to ward off the rain clouds, at least for the first hour of program.  We led a welcome circle and run through of HVF rules manifested through the acronym LAUGH- Life (Respect it), Always Ask, Use Tools Carefully, Give, Have Fun. On to a composting activity involving: a fishtank used as compost receptacle, 1-liter recycled water bottles used as scoopers, 8 curious minds and 16 explorative hands to gather and assemble the compost pile. We taught the exercise in food terms- to forage the ingredients of the “cake,” pour in rough measurements of each, mix together, and let sit bake until warm and ready.