Rev. 9/22/20 GENERAL Social Distancing. Individuals should maintain a distance of 6’ from one another at all times . General Hygiene. Handwashing. Individuals should wash their hands thoroughly (at least 20 seconds) and frequently throughout the day Touching Face. Individuals should avoid touching their face Sneezing/Coughing. Individuals should make sure to sneeze and cough into the crook of their elbow …
Jennifer Jewell Book Reading: The Earth in Her Hands
The Homeless Garden Project Store presents a free online book reading with Jennifer Jewell, host of Cultivating Place, a weekly public radio program. Join the Homeless Garden Project on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at 4PM in the first of a series of 30 year anniversary events! Jennifer Jewell will read from her newly released book, The Earth in Her Hands …
Organic Produce Network: A Path to Self-Sufficiency and Hope: Santa Cruz’s Homeless Garden Project
By Melody Meyer The Homeless Garden Project (HGP) is a non-profit utilizing the soils of an organic urban farm to rehabilitate and revitalize the community of Santa Cruz CA. For over 30 years their training program has provided a path to self-sufficiency for the unsheltered members of their community. Read Full Article Here
HGP FARM POLICIES FOR CORONAVIRUS MITIGATION – FOR VOLUNTEERS
Rev. 6/3/20 COVID-19 Exposure. Individuals should not come to the farm if they have symptoms of COVID-19 or have had close contact with someone who has had COVID-19. Masks. Individuals should come wearing their own masks. Masks are NOT a substitute for other social distancing practices Temperature Check. All volunteers will have their temperature checked when they arrive at the …
Jonathan Franzen, Keynote Speaker at HGP Sustain Farm Supper, August 24, 2019
“In Santa Cruz, where I live, there’s an organization called the Homeless Garden Project. [. . .] It can’t ‘solve’ the problem of homelessness, but it’s been changing lives, one at a time, for nearly thirty years. Supporting itself in part by selling organic produce, it contributes more broadly to a revolution in how we think about people in need, …
Facing the Future
From an early age I’ve been fascinated with food. Why do we eat what we eat? I wondered what unprepared foods looked like. How they tasted and worked together for nutrition. Where they came from. How they are sustained. For me this blossomed a passion for sustainability. How sustainable is one of the most important systems that we know? Food …
Getting Back to the Life I Love and Cherish
My name is Adam, I grew up in Santa Cruz county, in Aptos. My family was a pioneer family before the turn of the century in Aromas, California, where my Great grandfather Homer Marshall, ran a self- service station and a grocery store. In 1951, my Great Uncle Dolan took over the store and gas station. My grandfather was not …
Modern Farmer: This California Farm Helps The Homeless Get Off The Streets
By Lindsay Campbell March 2, 2020 At Homeless Garden Project, seeds are planted and lives are transformed. Michael Laffoon has a vivid memory of the day he decided to piece his life back together. “I literally woke up in my van and I thought ‘I can’t do this anymore because I’m going to die,’” he says. “It was just an overwhelming …
GoodTimes: Homeless Garden Project’s New Home
By ALISHA GREEN December 10, 2019 Adam Marshall remembers fondly the time he spent as a kid on his grandfather’s ranch in Watsonville. That’s where he learned how much he enjoyed labor-intensive work. He dreamed of carrying on his grandfather’s commitment to helping others in need without an expectation of anything in return—as Marshall recently explained to a riveted audience …