Big Muddy Urban Farm

02/02/2024

In 2023, at Big Muddy Urban Farm, we accomplished several noteworthy initiatives…we look forward to another great year engaging with our community!

07/23/2023

Urban Farmer Joe Benson will be at the LoveFest Health Expo today selling our local fresh produce!
2702 n 61st in Benson
10 a.m. til 5 p.m.
10 a.m. to Noon will be Brunch and Panel discussions
Noon to 5 pm other Vendors will be selling various
Health products from food to skin and hair products.....

Go pay Joe a visit and support local businesses, vendors, and makers!

07/14/2023

We are excited for the opportunity to partner with & for a dinner and fundraiser. We will be providing our naturally grown vegetables, fruits, & herbs for this beautiful dinner. There are limited tickets available. Make your reservations ASAP and come support your favorite urban farmers! ♥️ 🐓 🌾

04/28/2023

Our plant sale is TOMORROW!! We're so excited to sell you some plants like peppers, kale, broccoli, tomatoes, basil, oregano, sage, dill, and more than two dozen varieties of flowers and native pollinators along with eggs. We've got over a thousand plants but just sixteen dozen farm-fresh eggs so get there early.

See you at 3328 Burt street :)

04/20/2023

We are getting there! Help make Big Muddy grow this year by making a donation through the link in our bio. Every dollar helps make sustainable agriculture and fresh local food accessible to all!

04/07/2023

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Mark your calendars and pull out your trowels, it's time for the Big Muddy Plant Sale!

We will have a mix of veggies, herbs, Nebraska native prairie plants, medicinal herbs, annual and perennial flowers, and more. We will also have a limited supply of eggs for $5 a dozen.

All proceeds will go to support us for this year's growing season!

12/13/2022

Have you ever wanted to get into growing your own food but didn't know when to start? Our planting calendar is here to help! You can grow alongside Big Muddy and use our Cookbook to figure out what to do with your loads of lettuce, pecks of peppers, and gallons of garlic. Check www.bigmuddyurbanfarm.org/cookbook to learn more and get your Cookbook before print sales end this week.

12/07/2022

🌕 tonight is a full moon and the last day to apply for the 2023 Aspiring Farmer Residency! 🌱
🌟 get your application in by submitting the form on our website - www.bigmuddyurbanfarm.org/afr
📝 🎉

12/05/2022

The deadline for the 2023 aspiring farmers residency application is Wednesday, December 7th. You will have until midnight. Email [email protected] for any questions! 🌻🐓🌾

12/04/2022

🌱 We’re excited to introduce Nate Johnson as Big Muddy Urban Farm’s Grants and Finance Administrator. Nate has helped out with his family's garden since he could hold a watering can and has been involved in community work since high school. Coming from the field of outdoor education, Nate is passionate about getting people outside and touching dirt. He hopes to use these experiences to help grow Big Muddy's impact on our community. When not at Big Muddy, Nate is often found working with groups like Elevate Omaha and Inclusive Communities, or in his free time, reading, experiencing nature, and spending time with his loved ones. 🌱



Contact Nate at [email protected]

12/03/2022

🌱 We’re excited to introduce Kourtney Wismont as Big Muddy Urban Farm’s Program Manager. They have been an untiring leader in the urban farming community for the past seven years and have been in leadership roles in other non-profits. Their main mission is to grow fresh produce in order to gain food sovereignty in North and South Omaha. Having co-founded Free Farm Syndicate in 2016 with a handful of talented peers, they managed to cultivate and produce thousands of pounds of free fresh organic produce for the community every year. Currently, Kourtney is furthering their expertise in plant and pollinator knowledge by finishing their Biology degree at UNO, as they value and want to teach practices of building biodiversity within urban growing landscapes. 🌱
Contact Kourtney at [email protected]

12/02/2022

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join the 2023 Aspiring Farmer’s Residency! Check out the link in the bio for details! If you have any questions or would like to tour the houses and farm plots, email us at [email protected]. 🌻🐓🌾

11/29/2022

We're halfway to our goal of 10 donors this Giving Tuesday. A donation as small as $5 helps us share nutritious food with our community, so every bit helps. You can also get a printed or digital copy of our cookbook, perfect for the holiday season!

11/29/2022

This Giving Tuesday, help Big Muddy Urban Farm change the relationship that Omahans have to our food system and receive a cookbook of recipes from our Residents and community! For $12 get a digital copy with over 40 recipes or a $27 printed copy sent to you in time for the holidays. Every dollar helps us put seeds in the ground and get fresh produce into the hands of our neighbors. Check out the link in our bio to get cooking!

The cookbook's leek and potato soup, homemade apple cider, or stuffed squash would all be perfect for this chilly day or any of the many to come.

11/28/2022

This week we will be hosting a casual open house on site at the Big Muddy Urban Farm resident houses. Come take a short tour of the houses, barn, farm plots and chicken coops! Learn about the 2023 residency before applying. Meet staff and past residents who will answer any questions on the upcoming 2023 residency. 🌻🐓🌾

11/10/2022

Check out the upcoming soil health expo!

11/04/2022

🔥 Hot off the internet publishing tools 😄 We're announcing the application for Cohort 7 of the Aspiring Farmer Residency is now live!!!💥

Check it out! Learn more about the program and apply on our website at: www.bigmuddyurbanfarm.org/afr (link in bio).

Please share with your network about this excellent 9-month, live-in urban agriculture training residency opportunity in Omaha!

Deadline to apply for cohort 7 is on the 7th (of December).

Send us a message with any program or application questions you have - [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you!

Every season, Big Muddy Urban Farm invites aspiring farmers, urban gardeners, environmental educators, and students with an interest in applying their learning about sustainable agriculture and food systems to their selected fields to apply for the Aspiring Farmer Residency. The aims of the program....

10/13/2022

Upcoming farm tours organized by Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society!

Check this out: Farmer led field days are happening this month! Join us this Saturday for a Management-Intensive Grazing & Grassland Conservation Field Day at Cheney Conservation. More info & RSVP at www.sustainablenebraska.org/farmtours.

(edited 10/26/22 to remove information about a cancelled field day event)

10/08/2022

🌶 Perfect weather for chili! 🍂We’ll have both locally sourced meat and vegan chili options tomorrow. Hope to see you at our celebration and chili potluck —> 3320 Burt st from 12noon to 2pm! 🌶

10/06/2022

⭐️ From the first market to the last, 18 weeks later, the 2022 Aspiring Farmer cohort urban farmed the season through! ⭐️ This consisted of the cold days, planning away, setting values toward the cohort name called Sunny Rows Collective to then writing agreements, building a webpage, and promoting for a 30-member Community Supported Agriculture Share program! Then starting a plethora of seeds, raising laying hens from day-old birds, cultivating beds at the six plots in Gifford Park, daily watering and care of crops that led to weekly harvests for the CSA, Gifford Park Neighborhood Market, and retail outlets. They hosted farm tours, tabled at community events, visited some really rad farmers and attended the Moses conference throughout their time at Big Muddy too!

We’re extremely proud of their accomplishments and we can’t wait to give it up for this group and their growth! Come help us celebrate this Saturday at our Chili Potluck. Feel free to bring a dish, but not to worry if you can't, we'll have a big pot of chili to enjoy from. Come by! Saturday from 12pm to 2pm at 3320 Burt St. Small pumpkins will be available to festively paint, while you can also stop by across the street at our Burt st plot to admire flowers, plus more. Hope to see you there!

Pic 1) The cohort from left to right, consisting of Lead Farm Fellow, Kelly Alsup, and Farm Fellows Peter David, Tricey Chea and Sydney Simpson before the first market. 2) The cohort workshopping collective values statements. 3) Potting up tomatoes at the greenhouse. Thanks for helping us grow Creighton University! 4) Kelly showing the group the fava bean growth in hightunnel and taste testing. 5) preparing potato beds at Webster plot. 6) Sydney and Tricey engaging guests knowledge of seeds with guess the seed game at Earth Day Omaha. 7) Teamwork is the best way to plant in the spring. Peter hands Sydney a Gallardia flower start. 8) Produce from a June CSA share. 9) Kelly covers the stories and varieties of tomatoes we're growing with a tomato talk huddle at Burt St plot 10) The cohort at the end of the last market of the year!

09/30/2022

🌱We Are Hiring!🌱
We are looking for a Program Manager and a Grants and Finance Administrator! We are moving towards leaderful organizing and splitting the executive director position into these two exciting opportunities. If you love growing food, building community and want to be part of an impactful organization, we’d love to hear from you!

💚 Program Manager - PM has an important role in the culture, community life, and educational development of our 9-month, live-in urban agriculture residency program. The PM is responsible for program management and development, facilities and infrastructure maintenance, and serves as the primary spokesperson for the program. We prefer the program manager to live on-site with personal housing coverage as a benefit of the position, while alternative options can be considered.

💚 Grants and Finance Administrator - GFA is integral in maintaining financial accountability for Big Muddy Urban Farm including developing and overseeing budgets and applying for multiple grants that support our programs. We are looking for someone who can collaborate with Program Managers and the Board, and who can meet the demands of complex applications and requests for proposals.

These are part-time positions with room to grow and are open for immediate consideration. Review the job descriptions on our website (www.bigmuddyurbanfarm.org/careers) and submit your resume and three references to [email protected] with “Grants & Finance Administrator” or "Program Manager" in the subject line.

09/29/2022

We’re up for a Food Day Omaha award alongside some wonderful organizations, farmers and people. Check it out and stop by our stand at Food Day at the old market farmers market this Saturday!

09/21/2022

The New American Urban Farmer program has grown to new heights this season and we’re looking to celebrate together! Come by Cooper Farm this Saturday between 11am to 2pm for a tasting of dishes and touring the farm plot. $10 suggested donation that directly supports the program. The New American Urban Farmer program aims to develop community connections, entrepreneurial skills, and agriculture practice through a cooperative farming model at Cooper Farm. Christine Ross started the program in 2018 and Big Muddy linked up with her this year to provide fiscal sponsorship and support.

Please note: the pavilion is on top of the hill and requires driving up the boulevard to the top of the hill. Please start by coming to the pavilion where food will be served. The farm plot is at a different location on the farm and we’ll guide you from the pavilion. We’ll serve food as supplies last.

09/16/2022

It’s time for the farmers market! We will be at the tomorrow from 8:30am-12:30pm and will have greens, herbs, tomatoes, peppers, and flowers available. Hope to see you there!

08/26/2022

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08/03/2022

In this picture Sydney is holding chamomile. Tomorrow she will be holding the beer that chamomile was turned into, and we are hoping all of you will drink one(or more!) with us. Come join us tomorrow, August 4th, to celebrate the beer release. We will have a pop-up market from 6-8pm with herbs, greens, and flowers available, plus a delicious beer that is perfect for these hot summer days. We hope to see you tomorrow! 🍻

07/29/2022

This week we ventured to nearby urban agriculture projects, expanding perspectives of our food system and urban agriculture. We joined Audrey at helped mulch and see what’s growing by the various partners that make the space flourish. We took a moment while we were at 13th and Jones st to see the Root of Two exhibit at and started a farm band. Check both the garden and exhibit out soon! Then We travelled to to explore the food hub facilities. Amy and Natavia showed us everything from the rooftop garden, to the culinary education space set up for their culinary certificate program, and the shared commercial kitchen space where we met finishing up juicing for the day. We also got to hear about NMEP csa program and compare notes. Thanks for welcoming us and showing us around!

07/20/2022

🧄 Sorry if our breath has a smell to it these next few weeks. We’re just thrilled about our garlic harvest today!

Garlic is so wonderful. Generally easy to plant in the fall, some maintenance for weeds in the spring, and then a harvest of a bulb that packs a punch of health benefits. Not to mention the warding off of vampire’s . This batch of garlic was planted by last year’s aspiring farmer cohort for this year’s group to harvest, to which we’ll plant in the fall for next year’s group. We’re hanging them up to cure and then will store them in a cool dry place for extra shelf life, if they’re not all gone by that point 😁.