COMMUNITY WORK DAY 01

Sunday, June 29, 2025 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Join us for our 1st community work day of the season!

We will be hosting community members for the day to see where and how their food grows, help maintain beds to be the best possible growing space for our plants, and decorate our cold storage shed with art!

Please note: This is not an agro-tourism experience—we are a fully functional farm feeding an under-served community. By attending this event, you are contributing to that mission in whatever ways you are physically able. Children are welcome, but please consider that you will need to supervise them for safety alongside whatever work you are contributing.

9:45-10:00 Arrival & Parking & Sign-in

10:00-10:30 Welcome & Tour

10:30-12:00 Weeding and Bed Maintenance

12:00-1:00 Lunch (Vegetarian main course provided)

1:00-2:30 Wheatpasting the cold storage shed

2:30-3:00 Clean up and Closing Circle

To determine your ability to help on this date, volunteers may be doing the following work:

  • Weeding (requires squatting, bending, kneeling, pulling)

  • Harvest (requires squatting, bending, kneeling, fine motor skills)

  • Wheatpasting (requires raising arms above head, using a paintbrush)

What to Expect

We are big about the ‘Community’ in Community Supported Agriculture. We want our farm to be a crossroads of ideas, values, cultures, languages, and love. Roughly once a month we will open our metaphoric doors (and our very real greenhouse tunnel doors) to the community we serve in NYC and the one that has welcomed us in the Catskills.

When you join us for a community work day, you are both guest and team member. We are so grateful to have you join us and will be in full ‘abuelita’ mode (“You must be hungry! Here, eat something, let me feed you!”) and ‘teacher’ mode, as we work with you to empower you to contribute to the growing of your food.

Your time with us will be interspersed with moments to appreciate the land and nature around us, moments to connect with other living beings, and moments to get your hands dirty and create something. We look forward to sharing all those moments with you.

Important Information

  • The bathroom available for visitors is a compost toilet.

  • If you are coming from the city and need a ride, please indicate that when you RSVP so we can help coordinate carpooling.

  • A vegan friendly main course will be provided, and we welcome potluck sides and snacks.

  • We have a first aid kit on site.

  • Pets are not permitted—please notify us in advance if you plan to bring a service animal.

  • Our field is on a slight incline, and the terrain is bumpy—the majority of our space is unfortunately not ADA accessible.