Florence Fang Community Farm

San Francisco, CA

Florence Fang Community Farm is San Francisco’s largest community farm and only USDA registered farm. FFCF is located in a food desert in the underserved Bayview neighborhood. FFCF is based on principles of diversity and the progression of ethnic foodways. FFCF brings different generations together with Black, Latinx and Chinese immigrant farmers who share their food traditions with the community. FFCF teaches individuals and families to grow, cook, eat and live healthier, working to develop a hyper local food system in the Bayview.

An Apprentice might learn how to grow plants, how to make compost, how to harvest fruits and vegetables, how to interact with elderly Asian farmers with body language and hand gestures, how to make a trellis for tomatoes and beans, how to use fertilizer, the difference between organic farming and inorganic farming, how to take initiative, and how to track what is grown on the farm.