York Community Farm

05/16/2023

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXYCYhRANXyL31XuK_NonEncLss-sWnyleHBDAQUMf9gZL4A/viewform

Along with updating our social media and website, our team has also created a short survey (link above) to hear personal experiences with the York Community Farm coming from York community members. This survey will be used as a tool to help us decide what projects and decisions to conduct going forward.

We are community-driven and want to hear your voice! Wether you have lots of experience gardening at home or have never even heard of a community farm, if you want to get involved this is a great starting point!

05/11/2023

Intro time!!
I’m Ellie (she/her) the new manager at York Community Farm. This Spring I started a new position at the Center for Community Learning at WWU that is centered around convening food systems and local farming efforts, and also includes stewarding the York Farm!
I couldn’t be more excited to be working with an awesome team of WWU students this season, learning together and growing vegetables, fruit, flowers and seed crops.
A little about me:
I’m originally from Montana and moved to the PNW ~7 years ago. For the past 5 years I have been co-running City Sprouts Farm in the birchwood neighborhood. My little red herding dog Freya rarely leaves my side. I am a major nerd about winter squash, and I am super passionate about connecting people to each other and the land through the joy of farming!
Come by the York Farm and say hi!

05/10/2023

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know The York Community Farm is still kicking!
After 10 years of the farm being managed by the loving care of Mary, it’s now being stewarded by the Center for Community Learning at Western. We have an excellent team of students and a farm manager working at the farm and growing vegetables, herbs and fruit to share with our community. More info to come! Stay tuned.

04/25/2018

We made the paper! We've had a phenomenal response and are excited about the incredible opportunity we have to grow this season!

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article209719024.html

York Community Farm in Bellingham, Wash., is raising money for a greenhouse so it can extend its growing season and hire more disabled veterans, homeless and recently incarcerated people.

04/25/2018

We have met our goal for funds to build a greenhouse! Thank you so much to everyone who contributed!

Feel like you missed your chance to participate? Don't worry, you can still donate for 18 more days!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/834864996/york-community-farm-improving-lives-through-dirt-t?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=york%20community%20farm

Expand employment opportunities for our underserved by helping us buy a greenhouse which will provide living wage jobs year round.

04/25/2018

Check out this video about what York Community Farm does and how you can help us reach our goals. Want to donate? Click on the link below.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/834864996/york-community-farm-improving-lives-through-dirt-t?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=york%20community%20farm

04/14/2018

York Community Farm is excited to announce our kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a greenhouse! With a greenhouse, we will be able to conduct our pilot aquaponics project, extend our growing season, and expand our employment opportunities for underserved members of Whatcom County. Please visit our campaign here and make a pledge today! The campaign ends May 13th and we won’t be able to accept any pledge unless we meet our goal of $8,000! So, please pledge today and know you are supporting a model cause!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/834864996/york-community-farm-improving-lives-through-dirt-t

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02/23/2018

Hello all! The fruit tree workshop is postponed due to the weather! We are moving the date to Saturday, March 3. Hope to see you there!

11/17/2017

Thank you to all of the interns and volunteers who showed up to get the farm ready for winter following our 5th growing season!

11/17/2017

Hey ya'll! We are having a work party this Saturday, November 18, 2017. Join us from 9:30 am to noon to help get the farm ready for the cold winter months.

11/03/2017

There's a work party tomorrow at York Farm! Join us Nov. 4 from 9:30 am to noon for hot coffee, gluten-free muffins, and some cold fall gardening! Not much we can do if the farm is covered in snow, so if you wake up to powder, consider this party snow-checked!

10/23/2017

Have tomorrow afternoon free? Feel like farming? Join us at the York Community Farm for a work party on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 from 2:30 to 5 pm!

10/16/2017

Have you been wondering how to get involved or when would be a good time to volunteer? Join us for one or both of our upcoming work parties!

04/17/2017

06/25/2016

Come join the community and celebrate with us TOMORROW at our Solstice Celebration!

Come and join us for our annual Solstice Celebration!

06/23/2016

We're in The Bellingham Herald! Take a look.

York Community Farm in Bellingham will hold its summer solstice party Saturday, June 25, 2016. The same day, the farm will be the first of its kind featured in the annual tour of eco-friendly homes and landscapes hosted by Sustainable Connections.

06/14/2016

Come and join us for our annual Solstice Celebration!

04/22/2016

Our fourth YCF Internship has commenced and we have three interns working with us from April to July three shifts a week. Our interns come from our community’s homeless, reentry, and veterans’ populations. Our internship offers paid, resume-building work experience on an organic, sustainable, urban farm. Without our interns, YCF would not be what it is today: a vibrant, beautiful, productive farm. Here’s to our interns!

04/22/2016

York Community Farm has commenced its fourth growing season and to help get the season underway, 11 Western Washington University students pitched in! From 10 AM to noon on Saturday, April 17th, the students double-dug veggie beds, turned compost, and sheet mulched pathways. Yeah students! We love you! After we toiled for two hours, we took a much-needed lunch break and had vegan chili made with beans harvested from the farm last season- very yummie! No need for the gym; just come to the farm- right students?!!

We'll have another event like this coming up soon so stay tuned!

04/04/2016

has sprung at everyone is waking up,

02/29/2016

Our getting the panels secured, we use the power if the to run out water catchment irrigation system living at its finest

11/04/2015

had set in here at we have pulled the last of our is just on the horizon

10/30/2015

On June 29th, 2015, we opened the farm to the community for a day of food, music, dancing, and fun! Our musical lineup included The Catkins, The Dixieland Jazz Band, and Bar Tabac. Portico Dance Troupe entertained with belly dancing and Aslan Brewery provided the beer. We extend a huge thank to all out artists, Aslan, and the community for helping us celebrate the farm!

10/30/2015

in the three years ago