Hayes Valley Farm and Garden Education Project
The Hayes Valley Farm and Garden Education Project (HVF) is an exciting new opportunity to create a working urban farm and education center in Hayes Valley on a City of San Francisco-owned lot located between Oak, Fell, Laguna and Octavia streets. The project is organized by a coalition of urban farmers, garden educators, social service organizations, and landscape designers. The project is proposed as an interim use - a one to five year time frame - until the City moves forward with other development plans for the site.

The goals of the Hayes Valley Farm project are
• to create a successful, sustainable urban farm where community members can access healthy local food
• to serve as a model and a resource center for urban agriculture education and green job training
• to build community resiliency around local food production

Mayor Newsom’s executive order “Healthy and Sustainable Food for San Francisco” declares the city’s commitment to increasing the amount of healthy and sustainable food for San Francisco residents. According to the order “Access to safe, nutritious, and culturally acceptable food is a basic human right and is essential to both human health and ecological sustainability. The City and County of San Francisco recognizes that hunger, food insecurity, and poor nutrition are pressing health issues that require immediate action.”

One of the primary principles of the directive is to support the development of urban agriculture: “Food production and horticulture education will be encouraged within the City and, to the extent feasible, on City owned land, through urban agriculture including community, backyard, rooftop, and school gardens; edible landscaping, and agricultural incubator projects.”

The community benefits of this project include
• Access to Healthy Food
• Urban Agriculture Education and Green Job Training
• Micro-Orchard and Vegetable Nursery
• Community & Ecological Enrichment

With your community support this can
happen! You can help us by
• Contacting Rich Hillis from the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development to endorse the project - (415) 554-6969.
• Contacting us at hayesvalleyfarm@gmail. com to offer your support in the form of donation, willing hands, fundraising, or advice.