Mission
To bring people together to transform vacant lots into neighborhood food gardens for the purposes of community building, education and improving food security.
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Produce Barter Market
Exchange your time for local food!
Every Monday from 6-7pm
St. Andrews Church parking lot
NE 9th and Alberta
All remaining produce at the end of the produce barter market is donated to the good people at the St. Andrews food pantry. |
Join us in the gardens!
Go to the urban farm collective calendar to see when we will be gardening in your neighborhood!
All are welcome. Every hour you work earns produce barter bucks to spend at the market. |
Thanks to our 2013 supporters!
Seeds of Change- Grant awarded
Tin Shed - Sponsor a garden
Whole Foods- Dimes for a Difference
Willamette Week- Give!Guide
People Like You
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Peddlepalooza Bike Tour of UFC gardens!
Saturday, June 29th, 11a.m.
Join us for a tour of the gardens! Come see where all that fantastic produce at the barter market is coming from and meet the folks responsible for growing it! Dressing as your favorite veggie is highly encouraged. There will be a picnic at the final garden made from ingredients found in our gardens along the way! Meet at the greenhouse garden on NE 6th and Mason at 11:00am
Roots and Shoots Youth Gardening Program
We are happy to announce our 2013 Youth Gardening Program, Roots and Shoots! Bring your youngsters age 5-10 for fun in the Common Bond garden. Abby Wyers and Chelsea Adelman will be leading the fun with thoughtfully prepared activities, passion for childhood exploration and a love of gardening.
What: Gardening with children of the ages 5-10 at the Urban Farm Collective's Common Bond garden
Where: 4919 NE 9th (behind the field, just south of play area)
When: Thursdays from 10-12 starting June 20th.
Details: We will participate in garden related games, craft, harvest, taste, plant, and generally have a fun and connecting morning exploring different themes in the garden each week. Parent volunteers are welcome. There is also a playground and open, grassy area for supervised younger siblings.
Please RSVP by emailing CommonBondRo...@gmail.com. We have 20 spots available each week. We will reply to your email to confirm your reservation.
Hope to see many of you there!
Seeds of Change grant brings strategic planning to the table
As of today, the UFC has facilitated the birth of 17, neighborhood-run, collective gardens totally over 2 acres of food production. We are in awe of the power of neighbors to take control of their food source and participate in a new way of bringing food to the table. It's been quite a thrilling thing to witness.
And so it is with much circumspection that we dive into the question of how to grow the organization in a sustainable way and ensure that we retain the collective spirit of the project. We were recently awarded the "Share the Good" grant from Seeds of Change to be used for the purposes of assessing our capacity and determining how to grow, not only the gardens in a sustainable way, but also the organization. Thankfully, Nathan McClintock, an Assistant Professor in the Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning at Portland State University offered UFC the opportunity to work with his students as part of the senior capstone class. In Capstone courses, students bring together the knowledge, skills, interests and education, to work on a community project. Students from a variety of majors and backgrounds work as a team, pooling resources, and collaborating with faculty and community leaders to understand and find solutions for issues that are important to them as literate and engaged citizens.
Alas, the PSU class has been working diligently since early Spring to assess the UFC, its participants, community, impact, yield, systems, and more. If you would like to view a copy of their report, click here! So ask yourselves, "What sort of impact do you imagine the UFC, in the long-run, having on the community?" The planning committee is open and eager to hear what YOUR vision of our future looks like!
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