SOGA Garden

hello friends! bsf is happy to welcome you all in dreamscaping together around our alternative relationships to food, land, + ancestral practices.

if this sounds like your cup of tea….

sign up for our spring 2026 program, “Agroecology in Action: Food Sovereignty and Land Liberation” 🌽🥬🫛🧑‍🌾🥔🥒🥕

this course is 2.0 units for UCB students (enroll through ESPM 191 008). time conflict allowed! all students and community members are welcome to enroll, audit, or join us whenever you would like

bsf is inviting you to a Community Grieving Circle in honor of día de los muertos!!🕯️🌚🫖

this event will include:
⭐️a workshop by death doula, Myles, who will facilitate on the grief of “acknowledging the tenderness we hold.”
⭐️an altar build, so please bring any meaningful photos/items of special souls you would like to honor🧡

date: friday november 7th 3-6pm
place: oxford tract (1751 walnut street)

⭐️spots are limited to 25~!! please RSVP through the QR code or this link:
tinyurl.com/bsfgrievingcircle

a note from Myles on the workshop:
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Feeling the weight of this time and want to acknowledge your grief in community? Seeking a space where tenderness is embraced and not silenced? In this 1-hour workshop we will endeavor together to explore what grief is, what kinds of grief exist, and gently (and anonymously) share the griefs we are holding.
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hope to see you there

STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS: sign up for our fall ‘25 decal/program, “Agroecology in Action: Food Sovereignty and Land Liberation”🌻🐓👨‍🌾

2.0 units for UCB students (enroll through ESPM 198 010). time conflict allowed!

all students and community members are welcome to enroll/audit the program

hello community! our fall 2025 open hours are finally set🌞

thursday 3-6pm
friday 3-6pm
saturday 10am-1pm

anyone and everyone is welcome to join us during these hours, as we give love to this land through seeding and planting and weeding and harvesting and mulching and trellising and tarping and singing and dancing and…much much more !

hope to see you there soon🌱

📌located on 1751 walnut street

sharing some sweet moments from the farm as we transition into the fall season 🌱🫛🌽🥬🍆🍅

we hope this inspires you to come join us on the land, where we share an abundance of not only sunflowers and tomatoes, but also a lot of love and laughter

Take a break and unwind with us at our Land as Wellness event! 🌿 Join us for a relaxing day on the farm with free services like massage, acupuncture, and chiropractic adjustments.

📍 Perfect for students or anyone needing a mental break ! come chill and connect with some tea, and nourish your mind, body, and soul.

🕒 When: Next Tuesday (RRR week) 5/6 from 10am-3pm
🌱 Where: Oxford Tract (1751 Walnut Street)

Please RSVP through the link/QR Code, and sign up for a slot :) See you there! 💆‍♀️🫖🌾

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScq6N5TXWB-ckZMuSpKbHpw9o1qERaZY1Kvl6bN80Q_lCk-tQ/viewform

Mapping Event 2.0: Mental Maps of Belonging 🌍

Back by popular demand, program / community member Zach will be holding another mapping knowledge share this Saturday! Come by to discuss themes around ‘spatial understandings of belonging’ and create your own mental map to express those interpretations 🗺️

when: 4/12 at 1:00pm
where: Oxford Tract

(pictures are from the first mapping event held last semester, where we practiced a form of counter-mapping to draw + tell the meaningful stories/memories/connections we hold with the land)

we are hosting a COMPOST WORKSHOP!
come join us on the land to learn how to build + maintain a basic, two-ingredient compost pile🌱

it will be led by StopWaste, a local public agency supporting Alameda residents with reducing waste. come by to ask questions on how we can implement compost on the farm, and at home🏠

hope to see you there this Saturday 3/22, from 10am~12pm on Oxford Tract !!

an open invitation to our welcome dinner for this spring’s Agroecology in Action program🥬🥕🍠🍕🫶

join us on the land this Friday 2/21 from 5pm!!
pizza and kale + beet salad (from our farm) will be provided🌝🌱
please bring your own plates, utensils, mugs, and any snacks/drinks to share! we look forward to meeting everyone at this kickoff dinner

friends of the bsf farm🥬🌞

little snapshot of what spring ‘25 is looking like so far!! lots of cabbage, beets, and….lots of mustard :D
we appreciate each and every volunteer that takes the time to come and dig their hands in the soil🫶

second half is our lovely facilitators sharing a much needed retreat to ucsc ‘s farm to create spring programming, crop planning, and dance around in the rainy forest 🧚‍♀️☔ we can’t wait to bring some santa cruz magic back to the land🌱

BSF Community Agreements ✍️🌱🫶

please respect and hold these commitments in your heart when visiting the land, as well as in your daily life 🫂

but most importantly, have lots of fun when you’re out there !!

Spring 2025 Agroecology in Action🌱

Become a member of our *program* this spring, where we plan to regularly hold community events/workshops on the farm around topics of ag, food sovereignty, and land liberation.

Join us for a welcome dinner at Oxford Tract on Friday 02/21 to meet everyone and dream together about future plans on the land!

This program is not limited to students, and all community members are welcome. That is anybody who is committed to the BSF community, i.e. 1) shows up to open hours regularly and 2) helps with our workshops and other events we have planned (compost 101, tree care, cookbook planning, seed trading etc.).

More info is in the program description linked below! We hope to see you all there