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Oakland Seed Farm and Nursery

2/21/2016

We have been granted permission by our main client and the City of Oakland to farm 38,000 square feet of space in North Oakland on the corner of 51st and Telegraph. This site is the future location of a multi-use development in which Top Leaf Farms will be installing over an acre of rooftop farm--to produce food specifically for the people who live within a 3 mile radius. Our solar-powered farm will supply food by bicycle delivery to local residents and chefs as well as seeds and starts to local gardeners and other urban farmers. Our operation will start on the ground this year and as the building is built, it will continue its growth on the rooftop.
The first steps are to establish a nursery and grow trials of what we think will perform well, save seeds and do it again.

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Benjamin Fahrer is the owner and operator of Top Leaf Farms and has over 18 years of organic farming experience, building, design work and teaching in natural resource management.
He has successfully managed and operated many projects including Ocean Song Farm in Sonoma County and managed the farm at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur. He has worked on additional projects both in design and implementation in Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Mexico and New Zealand. Dedicated to good, clean and fair food, Farmer Ben has worked with communities in re-establishing their connection to nature through food and tending the land in a way that ensures an abundance exists. It is crucial for whole systems to thrive when the surplus is redistributed back to the earth and people so that all life's system thrive.

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