City Slicker Farms
FarmingCalifornia, United States2-10 Employees
City Slicker Farms is a farming organization based in Oakland, California, that engages diverse East Bay communities to advance a more equitable food system through access to healthy food, thriving gardens, and urban green space. It runs the Backyard Gardens program, which has built over 500 planter boxes and provides two years of mentorship plus a lifetime supply of soil, seeds, and plant starts to participants. The West Oakland Farm Park operates as a working educational farm with a greenhouse, chickens, bees, a community garden, a kitchen, a playground, and outdoor spaces, hosting events and offering learning opportunities about food sovereignty and justice. The Farm Park hosts school and community group visits as part of the Food and Farm Skill Share, and the organization offers gardening internships, cooking classes, workshops, and potlucks. The Farm Park produces thousands of pounds of food annually for the Farm To Fridge Produce Share, in partnership with Town Fridge to stock a free community fridge for low-income, BIPOC, and unhoused community members. The organization has 2-10 employees and is located at 2847 Peralta Street, Oakland, California 94608 United States.