It’s a typical Monday morning in Davis. Cars are parked along the sidewalks of K Street, and solid green lawns abound.
Yet one house seems to have more activity than the others. Peas, lettuce...
Enjoy gardening? Well, City College has an opportunity for you. On April 9, at noon the City Farm club had its first harvest of the semester. Located between Lillard Hall and parking lot F between Sutterville Road, the experimental garden has been growing various vegetables since 2011.
City Farm club adviser Robyn Waxman says that the best time to harvest a plant depends on the weather and advised the club members that harvesting should be done either in the early morning or at night.
After cultivating seeds for past semester, the City Farm club members pulled out green and red lettuce, mint and cilantro. With these veggies, the City Farm club members and guests made a “zero carbon footprint” salad to eat.
One day during recess, Erin Gottis — who was working as a special education teacher — broke her ankle. Then shortly after, the pandemic began, and Gottis knew she could no longer pursue a career...
There’s no pumpkin patch at City College campus, but students who veer left of Lillard Hall this fall may find a consolation prize.
City College’s garden is located across from the F Lot and...
Melanie Lasaste, founder of Davis Seed Savers Alliance, will be speaking Oct. 22 at City Farm behind Lillard Hall about how to establish a seed library and a seed garden.
A seed library is a storehouse...
Sacramento City College’s Graphic Communication department will host its Year End Showcase themed “Heroes and Villains” Monday, May 20, according to department professor Don Button.
“This is...
Members of City College’s graphic communication department's faculty say they are hoping to construct a whole new world for aspiring graphic designers that will influence them to create projects not...
City College’s City Farm will host its first Earth Day Film Festival, which will feature four films and will take place on April 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Center.
City Farm is an “experimental...
Robyn Waxman, the City Farm Club Advisor, holds her soon to be put up city farm sign at the city garden on Nov. 17, 2011. Photo by Tony Wallin | [email protected] Inject into the...
Two classes this fall will be the first on campus to plant food and flowers on City Farm, the first curriculum-based urban farm at City College.
“There’s tremendous energy around this project,”...
As Earth welcomed its 7 billionth child Nov. 1, international concern for diminishing world resources and mounting pollution are on the rise.
This concern not only stems from the number of people...
Correction: The original article posted below contained several factual errors. City Farm Club faculty adviser Robyn Waxman would like to clarify that the soil at City Farm has not been tested, as...
