Kindness Farm

04/16/2025

04/16/2025

For our first ever insect census, our volunteer citizen scientists helped to observe different plants, in different microclimates and areas of interest around the farm. They counted and took note of who flew overhead, who could be found on leaves and stems, and who was spotted in the soil. Some participants found their little corner of the farm to be the center of the action - with moist soil, fresh blooms, and dozens of native Long-horned bees and Honey bees alike, all humming around the Hyssop. Others found their areas dry, hot, and a little more quiet - but not without a few brightly colored Red-Winged grasshoppers and Red Rock Mites! We observed that native Metallic Sweat Bees and black and white banded Furrow Bees absolutely adore the Calendula, and Mud Daubers, Yellow Jackets, and wasps of all kinds loved the fennel. From lacewings, to Western and White Shoulder Bumble Bees, soldier flies to hoverflies, we learned that building beetle banks, dead brush berms, pollinator strips and other conservation efforts are all paying off!

With that knowledge, participants then learned about the PAMS (Prevention, Avoidance, Monitoring, and Suppression) method for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Systems to better balance insect activity in a garden ecosystem. We walked through our field, observed different crops and talked about soil health, plant health, amendments and their affect on pest cycles.

Fun cliff note: In the 15 minutes all participants collectively counted: 23 Bumblebees, 41 honeybees, 16 native bees, 7 lacewings, and 1 praying mantis across all areas monitored on the farm!

04/16/2025

The warm weather says that before we know it the time will come to harvest tomatoes again. Pictured here interns in our high tunnel tomato forest.

04/16/2025

We're getting ready to flip our high tunnel, currently overgrown with winter greens. It's almost time to get beans and tomatoes in the ground! Photos from last summer's Connecting Canopies interns.

04/16/2025

Register now! Link in bio. Join us for a 2 hour Forest Bathing experience and reconnect with nature. Slow down, breathe deeply, and connect to the Land. Hosted by .together at Kindness Farm.

Guided by a certified forest therapist, you'll explore mindful walking, sensory activities, and reflective moments. We will move through a series of invitations, which are simple, sensory practices that encourage the senses to come forward, as the thinking mind settles.

Everything is optional and you are encouraged to follow the wisdom of your own body, heart, mind, and spirit.

Notes for access —

🌱 Kindness Farm: Please park on the right side of the road (same side as farm) so emergency vehicles have access. House parking is reserved for folks needing shorter walking distance. Wheelchairs possible, with note of heavy wood-chipping. Contact [email protected] for access questions.

04/15/2025

More from PNWRSG Celebration this summer. PACIFIC REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP (formerly Portland Refugee Support Group) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit focused on re-empowering refugees, asylum seekers, and newcomers to the community through a trauma-informed care, culturally responsive, and human-centered approach.

04/15/2025

More from PNWRSG Celebration this summer. PACIFIC REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP (formerly Portland Refugee Support Group) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit focused on re-empowering refugees, asylum seekers, and newcomers to the community through a trauma-informed care, culturally responsive, and human-centered approach.

04/15/2025

PNWRSG Celebration at Kindness Farm this past summer. PACIFIC REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP (formerly Portland Refugee Support Group) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit focused on re-empowering refugees, asylum seekers, and newcomers to the community through a trauma-informed care, culturally responsive, and human-centered approach.

04/01/2025

Welcome Day at Kindness Farm!

Join us for our 1st welcome day of the year! Spend an afternoon meeting folks of all ages and making new friends in our community! We'll have music, snacks, drinks, and fun activities for kids, families, an adults on the farm! 🌱🌻💃

Schedule
12pm - 2pm 🌲
12pm-12:30pm - Welcome! Walk around the farm and explore!
12:30pm-1pm - Cooking demo and cultural food tasting!
1pm-2pm : Music, games, gardening stations (plant seeds to take home!), art, and farm harvest (take produce home with you)!

Join us!
- Cooking demo and cultural food tasting 🥘
- Music 🎻
- A wonderful farm tour to see all the flowering and edible plants! 🌱
- Play fun outdoor games! ⚽️
- Seed ball creation station!
- Plant seeds to take home with you
- Activities for kids, like rock painting! 🎨
- And more!

BYO
Chairs & picnic blankets

🌱Accessibility information
- Wood chip pathways and gathering area with grassy parts
- Music will be playing the entire event. We will have quiet spaces in the food forest.
- Please bring earplugs if you are sensitive to noise
- This event takes place outdoors. Masking is optional and we encourage you to mask per your comfort level.

🚙 Parking
There's plenty of street parking available. Please do not park in the driveway and only on the farm side of the street to allow for emergency vehicles to pass.

✨RSVP Now! Link in bio! ✨

04/01/2025

The Nike DEI team volunteering at Kindness Farm. Thank you so much for coming to the farm to volunteer and support our mission. Our work would not be possible without many loving hands tending this land.

04/01/2025

🪚Tool Sharpening Workshop🪚
Led by Garrett Kovacs from @ Kindness Farm
Saturday, April 5 - 9am-12pm

Do you have dull, rusty, unused tools in your shed just waiting for their moment in the sun? Give them some love at our tool sharpening workshop! We'll teach you how to care for your various tools, how to use an oil stone, files, steel brushes, as well as other helpful tips. Come get your tools in top shape before the busy gardening season!

Please bring: Your tools that need sharpening, and any sharpening equipment you might have on hand.

If you don't have any tools/need any tool care, but want to lend a hand to our community tool care here at the farm, we will have plenty of tools in need of some care.

✨Please RSVP to give us a headcount.✨

🚙 Parking: Please park on the FARM SIDE of the street only to allow emergency vehicles to pass. Thank you!

04/01/2025

More from Doc Martens and a few regular volunteers this past summer. Cleaning onions and planting.

04/01/2025

Last year came out twice to volunteer at Kindness Farm. Their crew was fantastic to work with as we learned, weeded, and harvested. Corporate volunteering is a great way to support our important work in the community while providing a really nurturing team experience.

03/24/2025

Join us for a 2 hour Forest Bathing experience and reconnect with nature. Slow down, breathe deeply, and connect to the Land. Hosted by .together at Kindness Farm.

Guided by a certified forest therapist, you'll explore mindful walking, sensory activities, and reflective moments. We will move through a series of invitations, which are simple, sensory practices that encourage the senses to come forward, as the thinking mind settles.

Everything is optional and you are encouraged to follow the wisdom of your own body, heart, mind, and spirit.

Notes for access —

🌱 Kindness Farm: Please park on the right side of the road (same side as farm) so emergency vehicles have access. House parking is reserved for folks needing shorter walking distance. Wheelchairs possible, with note of heavy wood-chipping. Contact [email protected] for access questions.

03/24/2025

This past summer, we began a partnership with Pacific Refugee Support Group and Morrison Child and Family Services (Long-Term Group Home). The kids came to the farm weekly and experienced meaningful learning, engagement, exploration, and play in the lush growth of summer; immersing in the soothing, healing environment of the farm.

PACIFIC REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP (formerly Portland Refugee Support Group) is a non-profit focused on re-empowering refugees, asylum seekers, and newcomers to the community through a trauma-informed care, culturally responsive, and human-centered approach.

Morrison Child & Family Services, Long Term Group Home, provides residential care for children in the custody of the Unaccompanied Children Program through the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

03/24/2025

More from our work with Connecting Canopies.

ABOUT CONNECTING CANOPIES:
The Connecting Canopies initiative unites BIPOC community members, private industry partners, and governmental representatives in a transformative effort to revolutionize tree planting and maintenance. It is our mission to ensure an equitable distribution of trees across the region, reaping the myriad public health benefits they offer.

03/24/2025

This is the second year that we've worked with the Connecting Canopies Blueprint Foundation internship program. It's been such a joy to host and teach these bright individuals on this land.

ABOUT CONNECTING CANOPIES:
The Connecting Canopies initiative unites BIPOC community members, private industry partners, and governmental representatives in a transformative effort to revolutionize tree planting and maintenance. It is our mission to ensure an equitable distribution of trees across the region, reaping the myriad public health benefits they offer.

03/20/2025

Join us this Saturday for this event with .

This is a live practice of what it means to gather with purpose + compassion during times of great change. Holding the knowing that we all carry wise ancestry of earth-based cultures, this work aims to be a permissionary for all folks to honor + reclaim our ancestral technologies for repair, reciprocity + community life.

A gentle participatory structure with prayer, song, small group witness + practice of emergent ritual

No social battery or ceremonial experience needed. No need to know the lingo or preform in any way. Just a time to gather as humans + practice our pre-colonial wisdoms in simple + kind form.

Notes for access —

🌱 Kindness Farm: Please park on the right side of the road (same side as farm) so emergency vehicles have access. House parking is reserved for folks needing shorter walking distance. Wheelchairs possible, with note of heavy wood-chipping. Contact [email protected] for access questions.