Having opened our fields on the Summer Solstice of 2010, Wild Willow Farm is in its second year of growing food while educating local citizenry about sustainable farming, permaculture and how to live sustainably in our region. The farm continues to evolve rapidly both on and off the ground.

Thanks to an ongoing grant from Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Co-op, we've been actively hosting educational field trips to the farm for local school kids. In the past several months we've hosted over 900 kids, from pre-school to college age. Wild Willow Farm field trips are much more than tours -- we get students engaged in farming activities while putting what they're doing into educational context. To find out more about our field trip program, click here. 

Just 15 minutes from downtown San Diego!

We now have three staff members and a slew of interns and volunteers that regularly come to the farm to chip in and learn about sustainable agriculture.

Volunteer Saturdays at the farm!Cool-season planting is in full swing. Now that the greenhouse is up and running, we've got lots of starts getting ready to put in the ground. Over the next few weeks we'll be prepping more beds, planting starts, garlic, shallots and more, and laying irrigation tape. We're also planting and transplanting many more veggies and herbs to accompany the more two dozen fruit trees that we have planted so far this year. 

Our new portable electric fence lets us do a lot more free-ranging of our chickens and ducks, who are loving some extra room for grazing and scratching recently cleared beds. Soon the goats will be out in the field too.

Next potluck 
Saturday, March 17, 2012
This will be the first potluck in the new year.
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You can learn more about the farm and our vision for cultivating the next generation of farmers, gardeners, and homesteaders in San Diego, by clicking here.

We now strongly encourage volunteers and those wishing to come to our public farm planning meetings to RSVP in order that we may be better prepared with activities for your time on the farm and alert you of any schedule changes. Thanks!

So much energy has and continues to come from the wonderful donations of materials, time and funds from Friends of the Farm, interns, volunteers, and our partners, all working as a COMMUNITY to make this farm and education center happen.

We thank all who have contributed so far and look forward to deepening our connections with the community in the coming months and years!

Click here to find out more about how you can support our efforts.