Dear Farm Friends,
First, we want to thank everyone who has reached out to offer support of all kinds in the past few days since we shared news of the tool shed fire that occurred this past Saturday night. We’re very grateful for this spirit of community.
As the photos below show, there was significant damage to the shed area: the wooden “front shed” portion and all its contents were completely burned, and the metal container shed had to be opened up by the fire department as part of the effort to fight the fire. The less durable contents of that shed either melted or suffered water and soot damage.
The good news is that quite a few of our metal tools survived the fire, and folks from the farm team and our partners were on site this week helping to clean salvageable tools.
We’re happy to report that the fire was limited to the shed area, so none of our gardens or farm beds were damaged. We are very eager to resume farm workdays, so we will hold a volunteer workday this Saturday, albeit probably limited in scope in terms of projects. Please register if you’d like to participate!
We expect to have a temporary storage container on site by early next week, and we are in the process of determining exactly what needs to be replaced and how to proceed with rebuilding. We are so fortunate to be supported in that process and in cleanup and problem-solving this week by our partners at SF Recreation & Parks, at BRIDGE housing, by Alice Caruthers of Alemany Resident Management Corporation, and our amazing team of farm staff, apprentices, and interns.
We will reach out to our community in the near future to let you know when opportunities arise to support rebuilding or restocking our supplies.
