Farm Opens Gates to Open Source Developers

Written by Jay Rosenberg | 17 April 2010

On Saturday, April 17, nineteen people visited Hayes Valley Farm, including special guests from DrupalConSF. We started the day with a site tour where the group learned urban farming strategies such as building soil from the local waste stream, managing dwarf fruit trees with multiple grafts and pruning techniques, and solutions for potential soil toxicity including thick organic mulches, container gardening, and soil and leaf testing.

We also planted 30 lettuces into the east-facing berms of the old freeway on-ramp amongst the favas and clover.  The group likened the sharing of techniques at the farm to the sharing of code in the open source community, and mentioned how Hayes Valley Farm relates to some of the projects they are currently working on.

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