Check out our upcoming fall workshops! Workshops will be posted below as they are confirmed. Please register in advance for all workshops.
Suggested donation levels are listed below. No one turned away for lack of funds. Our workshops are donation-based and support the farm. Please give at the suggested level or higher if you are able.
Upcoming Workshops
Intro to Urban Beekeeping
Sunday, September 27, 2026
10:00 am to 12:00 pm at Alemany Farm
Instructor: Dan Decuir of the San Francisco Beekeepers Association
Suggested Donation: $35 per person; no one turned away for lack of funds
Register in advance with link below.
Come learn beekeeping basics, colony health and urban honey production. This two hour class will be hosted by a member of the San Francisco Beekeeping Association and will cover the honey bee life cycle, how to identify and treat pests and diseases, and an introduction to working with bees safely. Also learn how bees work together to make honey, pollinate flowers, and maintain colony nutrition. The class will conclude with a guided tasting of honey from our local plants.
This will be a lecture style class with Q&A. Please bring your questons. In this class we will not have the opportunity to open an active hive.
Cooking at the Farm: A Lebanese Experience
Sunday, September 27, 2026
10:30 am to 1:00 pm at Alemany Farm
Instructor: Tamara Kahhale
Suggested Donation: $55 per person (includes materials and ingredients); no one turned away for lack of funds
Register in advance with link below.
Come to Alemany Farm for a full cooking workshop! Learn more about the importance (and fun!) of eating seasonally, how to harvest seasonal crops, and work through some basic cooking instructions (knife skills, anyone?). Together, we’ will cook a few dishes in our outdoor kitchen and enjoy them in lovely early fall. The menu will be Lebanese inspired, vegetarian (vegan options available) and please bring your own knife and cutting board.
Please note: Kids 15 years or older are welcome
Tamara Kahhale (she/her) is a former electrical engineer turned landworker who was in the climate technology solutions space before realizing that she wanted to approach the climate crisis from an agricultural and land-based lens. She has developed a deep passion for regenerative agriculture and soil health, as well as food justice and sovereignty, climate education, and community-driven practices. As the daughter of Lebanese immigrants, she has a deep connection to food and believes that everyone has a right to eat culturally relevant food in a way that does not harm the planet. She has one and a half years of professional kitchen experience — both in the kitchen and teaching — and has been a hobby chef and baker for all her adult life. Tamara has been part of the Alemany Farm team for 1.5 years as a regular farm volunteer and workday leader.
Soil Stewardship
Saturday, October 10th, 2026
10 am to 12:30 pm at Alemany Farm
Instructor: Vanessa Lieu
Suggested Donation: $35 per person; no one turned away for lack of funds
Register in advance with link below.
The health of our soils is critical to maintaining healthy crops and a flourishing ecosystem, both above and underground. Yet the costs can be significant, and barriers to knowledge prevent us from acting with dignity and reverence for the lands we tend. In this workshops, we hope to demystify soil science, discuss the physical, chemical and biological aspects of soil health, and share easy and accessible strategies for gardeners and landworkers to improve soil and plant health!
Attending to the soil is foundational to the liberation and sovereignty of all our peoples as we struggle for self-determination and a dignified food system. Together, we can increase autonomy in our care for the soils that we depend on for our livelihoods!
Vanessa Lieu (they/them) is the Farm Manager at Alemany Farm. Vanessa is an earth tender and educator, and is deeply passionate about nurturing networks of relationality with the land and all her beings. They bring with them over 10 years of experience in urban agriculture, public health, healthcare, and community education. As a settler working and living on unceded Ohlone land, they recognize that land and liberation are inseparable, and they are so honored to care for the land and community at Alemany Farm in ways that fortify us to liberate all our peoples and lands from imperial oppression.