Every nonprofit goes through transitions. It comes with the territory. Some days, months and years you plug along - others bring about changes that stretch your mission, vision and values into the unknown.
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They say it's the most wonderful time of the year and for good reason. The twinkle lights; the smell of a cozy winter fire; time well spent with friends and family over a delicious home-cooked meal.
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Raleigh City Farm is bustling with life—the green kind—all the time and in every season. But it’s at an event like the Annual Harvest Dinner that it truly comes alive.
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We know. It may be September, but you're still getting your last licks of summer (literally) and they taste like the sweetest tomatoes of the season.
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It’s the peak of growing season at Raleigh City Farm. We are consistently amazed at how much our farm partners are able to produce off of our 1-acre site!
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At our 5th Bearthday Celebration this year, we were delighted to unveil our newly revised mission, vision, values and goals and also reveal our future expansion plans for the farm: a new Community Pavilion designed by LS3P.
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Sweet potato tostones, citrus soy salmon, a brown derby cocktail, and green tea creme brulee for dessert. Hopefully, these delicious-sounding offerings captured your attention.
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Summer is full of quintessential traditions: pool parties, cookouts, farmers' markets, and countless more. This year, we’re adding another must-do to your list: Outdoor Movies on the Farm.
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Ohhhhhh, those tacoooooos. We’re still dreaming about ‘em. It’s not often we start our day with a steaming hot breakfast burrito and coast into evening with the taco of our dreams—okay, two tacos…
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Not that you need a reason to make merry with good people for a good cause outdoors on a warm spring day, but even so, we've got two good ones: It's Raleigh City Farm's 5th (5th!) birthday AND it's Earth Day.
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The Raleigh City Farm team has been engaged in a strategic planning process over the past six months with assistance from Executive Service Corps, a nonprofit capacity-building organization based here in Raleigh.
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We envision a community engaged in a vibrant, sustainable food system reinforced by a network of thriving farmers. That's a big idea, right?! And how do we get there? It starts with you - our community. If you love fresh, nutrient-dense, local food and care about the ability to have access to it for many years to come, you've come to the right place. We just so happen to know some farmers providing Farm Shares.
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If we had to sum up 2016 in one word, it would definitely be growth. And, before we say sayonara to this past year and hello to 2017, we thought it would be wise to document for you, our biggest fans and supporters, that which we are most proud of...a humble brag if you will.
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Let’s list the things you probably already know: Raleigh City Farm is an actual working farm. It grows and sells produce on site. It’s also host to multiple farm entrepreneurs…
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I used to run in Oakwood in the mornings, early, and my runs would take me past Raleigh City Farm. Rounding the corner of Delway Street, I’d look over at the greenhouse and more times than not, there would be Matt and Chase out back, each spinning a head of fresh lettuce in hand, carefully picking off any brown outer leaves. I’d wave and they’d wave back.It’s hard not to be impressed by guys like that.
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If you know James Edwards, you know that he is, by definition, a renaissance man. A classically trained singer and musician; a chef who has designed, built, owned, and operated his own restaurant; a carpenter extraordinaire; and most recently, Principal Farmer at Raleigh City Farm.
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Keith Chesnutt grew up in the mountains of North Carolina, in a small town just outside of Boone. As a kid, Keith remembers lots of his neighbors grew and sold Fraser firs in this region of the Tar Heel State. It's no wonder since conditions in the southern Appalachian Mountains are optimal for their growth.
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Over the course of the past year, Raleigh City Farm has collaborated with Old Milburnie Farm to formalize a new grant-making program: the Growth Fund. Learn more about our growth fund.
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Fresh basil is one of those things, like Liam Neeson and patterned bowties, that instantly transforms whatever you add it to into something better. Sprinkle it over pretty much anything and the flavor of summer shines through.
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