You provide: Unused Yard Space
I provide: All labor, supplies, expertise
You get: Shares of produce, free soil testing

After submitting the interest form, I'll contact you and schedule a visit to your yard to look at the space, answer additional questions, and schedule a general timeline of activities over the next few months.

In late fall, I'll take soil samples to a soil lab to test for macronutrients, micronutrients, heavy metals, and pH. Information from this test will be used to amend the soil with organic amendments.

In early winter, I'll use compost to build up the soil into 36" wide beds. The size of the space will determine the length and number of these beds. A system of drip tape will then be installed as the main irrigation system throughout the growing season.

From early spring through October, I'll be visiting the microfarm twice a week to transplant seedlings, weed, monitor pests, and harvest. Harvests will be donated to community service organizations, given to microfarm landowners, and sold through a small CSA program to support the sustainability of this business.

I live on stolen land once home to village sites of the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molella, and many other tribes.
I also live on a gentrified plot of land in North Portland that is part of Albina, the center of Portland's African American population since the late 1900s.
It is because of the efforts of those before me I am able to care for plants and grow food on this land responsibly and with intention.

Capitalism isn't broken, it is keeping certain people from getting ahead just as intended.
In order to sustainably provide fresh, local produce free of charge to others, I have to participate in this system to financially support myself.