| Location |
| We have three locations: K St, Valdora St, and County Road 95 |
| Hours |
| Whenever you can stop by during daylight hours- contact us for a tour |
| Website |
| www.farmdavis.org |
| Established |
| October 31, 2009 |
| Contact |
| [email protected] |
Next Workday:: July 7 :: FARM 2.6 Location:: 10–12pm
About FARM Davis
FARM Davis is an alternative form of civic action, building community through sustainable farming of public and private space, assisting low-income and homeless populations, and integrating local and real food into mainstream culture and education.
We have 3 plots of land that we are transforming into a highly productive farms. About 95% of the crop output is donated to low-income and homeless resources. We share the remaining portion! Currently we are donating crops to Cesar Chavez Plaza, where no income/low income and formerly homeless people have a safe place to stay and to Davis Community Meals, a non-profit org that cooks meals for low income/homeless. If you need seeds for your garden, let us know! We would like you to use the seeds to feed yourself and if you can, to donate some of your harvest to someone who needs fresh food. Then save your seeds and give them away to someone else. If you are a low income individual or if you represent an org or school that serves low-income people and you would like to receive donations, please contact us for an application.
We have planned work days that are posted at the top of this page. Feel free to join us whenever you can– no firm commitment is ever required.
We have chickens and two horses. The photos below document how we started the K Street FARM and FARM 2.6.
Before Photos
a wasteful front lawn on K Street 
FARM 2.6 on County Road 95
Chicken Coop Progress Photos:
painted coop 
inside coop
PHOTOS FROM Oct 31, 2009 WORKDAY:
Ed (Very Seriously) Sniffs Manure! 
Michael's Amazing Compost Work + Robyn) 
Shoveling (Charlie, Dustin, & Geoff) 
Making Raised Bed Frames (Emily & Sonya) 
Planting Areas (Laura & Lauren) 
(Almost) everyone! 
End of day 
End of day
January 2010:
FARM Davis in January
February 2010:
FARM mustard in February
March 2010:
Poppies in March
April 2010:
from the street 
perfect head of lettuce
August 2010:
2-week old chicks-front to back: Georgia, Snowball, Hershey, Golden, Sunshine 
right to left: Sunshine, Golden, Hershey
September 2010:
hot peppers 
chard and corn 
watermelon 
okra
October 2010:
Cool Davis Event
April 2011:
Cocoa- the Ameraucana chick 
Blacky- the Black Sex Link chick 
Snickerdoodle- the Rhode Island Red chick 
Happy- the Buff Orpington chick
May 2011:
old fence, left over wood and a limb from the cherry tree pruning 
Three men and a bench
We Need
- Positive energy people (farming experience not necessary)
- Veggie Seedlings
- Tractor implements: mower, back hoe, auger
- Lumber
- Hardware cloth for predator proofing the chicken coop
- Valley Oaks or Bay Trees to use as a wind break
- Fencing materials to keep turkeys out of gardens
- Rice straw
- Blood meal or similar soil nutrients
- Horse, chicken, goat/sheet, rabbit manure
- Trowels, spading forks, wheelbarrow
Some Press
| SF Moma Blog, June 2009 |
| Videos on Potrero View |
| Podcast from Savannah College of Art & Design (MP3, 62.0 MB) |
| Local Dirt: KDVS Radio |
|
The Davis Enterprise 2014 The Davis Enterprise 2015 |
2009-10-13 15:58:30 Next workday: October 31, 1pm- come dressed as your favorite legume! —RobynW
2009-11-01 08:19:37 AMAZING workday yesterday everyone! Awesome people, great food, and we've almost got ourselves a FARM! —RobynW
2009-11-23 12:08:57 Yeay, i love the layout diagram. Just the sort of nerdy thing I appreciate. —sonyacollier
2010-02-26 18:15:24 wow, this looks like a great project! good work and great of you to share on the wiki! —DerekDowney
2010-05-19 08:59:58 This is awesome! —jefftolentino
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