THE LATEST FROM LEAF

April 19 was Earth Day–at least for Fremont! Together with our partners, the City of Fremont and Washington Health, LEAF hosted the Earth Day Fair to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Earth Day, a global initiative for environmental protection. Mother Nature embraced us with a beautiful sunny day with blue skies and perfect temps. LEAF filled 20 booths on the grass area adjacent to the Fremont Downtown Event Center with over 50 volunteers and partners. We shared knowledge abo

Zoe Caron’s path as an artist began before she could verbalize her interests, as she recalls videos of herself finger painting when she was barely a year old. Raised by parents who both have careers in biology, it’s also no wonder she quickly developed enthusiasm toward the natural world.

As some of you may already know, Earth Day is one of my “favoritest” days of the year because it’s the day we share what we have learned...

Last month, creativity and community spirit came together at LEAF’s Community Art Mural Project and Second Saturday Volunteer Day. A team...

Ever wondered how berries, sunflowers, and all the beautiful things in the world grow? Get your hands dirty this February 17, 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM at the LEAF Center. Help us plant strawberries, blackberries, sunflowers, green beans, and celery . If we have extra volunteers, we’ll also take on additional tasks like harvesting fava beans for donation to the food bank, weeding the garden, and turning compost piles. This event is open to high school students and volunteers of al

LEAF’s vision is to regenerate the land using sustainable practices and inspire our community to nurture the earth. Our gardens cultivate...

Location: Fremont, California (primarily onsite) Position type: Part-time About LEAF: Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont (LEAF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting regenerative agriculture, sustainability, and food equity in our community. Since 2008, LEAF has been a cornerstone for environmental education and garden-based community engagement, cultivating nutritious, culturally relevant food for underserved communities and empowering residents to adopt sust

Happy 2025 from the LEAF Team! - From Elaine, LEAF President - In 2024, we had a few “downs” but way more “ups.” In the first quarter, we...

Every Single Load makes a Difference - From Elaine, LEAF President - LEAF has had an exciting and productive 2024! We broke ground on our new 1-acre Urban Garden that will push forward our mission to develop a thriving garden for food donations, education, and community. We began preparing the land this fall and will continue throughout the winter so we can begin planting next spring. Yes, you're right, this is a stretch goal given that there are large objects to move, swath

Some LEAF Days are a challenge - From Elaine, LEAF President - Last month, I opened the newsletter with this sentence, "One of the most interesting aspects of volunteering at LEAF is when I enter the gates in the morning, I only have a vague idea of how the day is going to unfold." That statement was so true when I walked into the garden on Wednesday. It was a beautiful autumn morning, air was crisp, sun was out. I was happy to be there to show the Alameda County Water Distri

Every LEAF Day is a Creative Day - From Elaine, LEAF President - One of the most interesting aspects of volunteering at LEAF is when I enter the gates in the morning, I only have a vague idea of how the day is going to unfold. Some days the garden is bursting with energy with bees, birds and butterflies darting amongst the yellow sunflowers, red pineapple sage and purple lavender, and other it's beautifully muted and calm. I move serenely about the garden absorbing the energy

Every LEAF Day Brings Change Thinking outside the box but living within a regenerative circle - From Elaine, LEAF President - LEAF is an environmental organization that has fully integrated regenerative agricultural practices into our gardens to restore soil health, to fight climate change and to help fix the food system. We have also taken the next step to incorporate regenerative design to reduce use of resources and to impact our environment and our community positively.

Every LEAF Day is a Happy Day From Elaine, President of LEAF July was such a productive month. The team worked really hard the past couple of months on multiple infrastructure projects and they finished FIVE of them in July. WOW! Before I write about the projects, I want to acknowledge the Unsung Gardening Heroes of LEAF who put in an unbelievable amount of time and energy to keep the garden moving forward, building and rebuilding for what it is today and will be for tomorrow

Every LEAF Day is a Team Day! From Elaine, President of LEAF June was a crazy busy social month with lots new volunteers, visitors checking out our "secret" garden, and friends who were curious about the progress of our new-old garden. We all had one thing in common, we loved talkin' dirt about compost, cherry tomatoes, worm poop, crunchy beans, humongous red onions, barn owls, their big eyed owlets, and carpenter bees. We are a bunch of Gardening Nerds. YES! We started the m