As we close out the year and enter the giving season, we want to let some folks in the farm community share with you, in their own words, what they think makes the farm special and how it has impacted their lives.
Tati
she/her
Hometown: San Francisco
Tati is an alum of our paid apprenticeship program, and is currently a farm assistant. She’s been involved with the farm for almost three years. Since the summer she has been serving as a weekend community workday coordinator, where she helps members of the public experience the farm and pitch in with our work. If you’ve volunteered in recent months, perhaps you’ve already met Tati!
How has your experience at the farm affected your life?
Working and learning in Alemany Farm has changed my life for the best – I’ve learned how to eat healthier, I’m learning all about vegetables that I didn’t know about. I am able to keep learning and working hard in the farm to provide for my children, to eat healthy with my children and more – I am grateful and thankful for that.
Why is it important that places like Alemany Farm exist?
It’s important because we can keep feeding the people who can’t afford or don’t have the money to buy food especially in hard times. Alemany Farm helps teach the people about food justice and more, and helps people like me to keep working and learning to provide for my children, to provide for myself, to help myself to be healthier with my family.
Why should people support Friends of Alemany Farm?
Because it will help generations and generations to learn about food justice, farming, eating healthier for their good health and we can keep feeding generations and generations.
Do you have a favorite farm plant, vegetable, fruit, or creature, and why?
Yes, my favorite farm plant is pericón (Mexican mint marigold) – it smells amazing, it’s a medicinal plant, and is beautiful. My favorite vegetable is arugula, it tastes strong but good and it’s good for your health. My favorite creatures are butterflies because they’re beautiful like us human beings.
Do you have a favorite farm chore, task, or responsibility?
My favorite responsibility is to be a farm assistant because I am able to do a lot of things on the farm, and learn to do more. My favorite task is learning to be a harvest manager because you get to harvest all the vegetables with the farm team and you get to feed the people.
What is one of your favorite things about Alemany Farm?
I love that Alemany farm provides free food to the Alemany community and others outside of the community. I love how Alemany farm is always open to teach people all about farming and food growing. I love to see people come to Alemany farm to volunteer, to learn and to experience the farm.
This giving season, make a gift to support our hardworking farm staff
all they do to keep the farm work going!