Berkeley’s Urban Adamah*, a city farm with a faith-based focus, is putting down permanent roots. This Jewish-led, organic operation began on a 1.2-acre vacant lot thanks to a temporary, rent-free ...

A sustainable agriculture organization with plans for an ambitious urban farm, and a training program for the next generation of farmers, is slated to break ground over the next few days on a project ...

In August of 2012, I ran one of my first kosher slaughter workshops at the Urban Adamah educational farm in Berkeley. I explained the kosher process and demonstrated live slaughter and processing on a ...

A pledge of $100,000 for the naming rights on a chicken coop? Yes. That, plus a loan of $800,000 from First Republic Bank of San Francisco, is helping a very different kind of communal farm find a ...

A Berkeley workshop on kosher slaughter — during which 15 hens were to be killed — was canceled this week amid public outcry from animal rights groups and others. Urban Adamah initially stood firm ...

Climate issues are more urgent than ever. Thus, it’s extremely important that there are climate heroes who are paving the way for a sustainable future. We can learn from each of them. One such hero is ...