Knowing how to grow food is a life skill that few urban children have today and a local program at Lopez Urban Farm in Pomona, CA is working to change that.
Community Partners 4 Innovation is the nonprofit that runs Lopez Urban Farm as well as another local farm, Esperanza Community Farm. Cp4i’s projects address the importance of public green spaces as well as the need for resiliency and self-sustainability on a local level. The pandemic highlighted the need for all of those things and the volunteers working at both farms are dedicated to nurturing their community.
To get kids interested and trained to be urban gardeners, cp4i introduced their Jr. Gardeners program at Lopez Urban Farm. For 5 weeks, kids aged 2-12 learn about composting, planting seeds, interacting with insects as well as other side lessons like yoga and financial literacy. There is a waitlist for the program, so hopefully they can get more funding to expand the program in the future!
They are having a special Earth Day celebration *today* during their normal Wednesday pay-what-you-can market! Also called El Puestecito, Pomona’s take-what-you-can, pay-what-you-need urban night market happens every Wednesday from 6-8pm. In addition to a community fridge and farmer’s market, there are often craft workshops, a Little Free Library and free coffee as well!
Join the celebration at Lopez Urban Farm.
Speaking of Little Free Libraries, we here at Bliss Auctions are big fans of such community-driven shared resources. We once wrote about a Seattle artist who decided to transform hers into an art exhibit space for her amazing artistic creations… you’ll want to peep this.
Or check out last year’s Earth Day Moment of Bliss, Every Day is Earth Day, featuring a very cool seedling time lapse video.
Hat tip: Local paper The Daily Bulletin
