Meadow Farm Community Land Trust partnered with LISTOS and Catholic Charities of Northwest California to host disaster preparedness classes focused on practical tools for staying safe during high-risk seasons. Participants learned how to prepare for emergencies, build household plans, and access important community resources. Everyone who attended the workshops received a complimentary Disaster Preparedness Go […]
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A Waterless Sanitation Composting Weekend
October 4–5, 2025
Fort Bragg, CA
Plan B for Number 2: Workshop and Film Screening Read More »
50 persons attend our community workshop entitled“Plan B for Number 2.” It educated participants about how economical compostable sanitation systems can be important for water conservation, disasters, and septic system failures. Among other give-aways, a local Albion resident won a Loveable Loo waterless toilet!
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We met with many visitors at Fort Bragg’s Earth Day Celebration in April that expressed an interest to learn about Meadow Farm’s Vision and Mission to demonstrate climate resilient living and agriculture right here on the coast. Members of the Meadow Farm board of directors and volunteers connected with our wider community, exchanged information, danced
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Each winter 8-10 community volunteers work in harmony pruning multiple fruit trees. Education on tools, techniques, and ladder safety is shared by experienced pruners.
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Be sure never to miss our annual workshop on making kimchi and sourkraut. Meadow Farm harvests hundreds of pounds of cabbage each year for donation the Fort Bragg Food Bank. What remains left is converted to long lasting bottled fermented treats (healthy Kimchi and Sourkraut).
Annual Workshop on fermenting cabbage Read More »
Public Safety Open House More than 20 community members and neighbors celebrated the opening of Meadow Farm’s Emergency Response Operations trailer on March 16, 2024. Individuals learned how to map their way on trails in and around the “ten-mile” area between Pudding Creek and Ten Mile river. Members toured our new first aid and communications
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Quinoa Planting Workshop A Quinoa Planting Workshop, led by Sydney Grange, was conducted at Meadow Farm Community Land Trust. The workshop consisted of three meetings, planting the seeds, transplanting the quinoa starts into the ground, and a final harvest celebration, which included learning how to thresh and winnow the dried quinoa. Starting Quinoa From Seed
In 2019 Meadow Farm applied for and received a 3 year grant from the USDA to improve the soil and sequester carbon. For the first year only we tilled the soil and sowed the cover crop seeds containing a variety of legumes and grasses to nourish the soil. A rich compost was spread evenly
Healthy Soils Program Grant Read More »
Meadow Farm is powered by local and traveling volunteers. Local volunteers spend time here on a regular basis and work on projects they love to create and maintain. Or some just show up and say “what needs to be done today?” Since 2016 we have hosted volunteers who exchange 25 hours a week for room
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