by Eileen | Jul 29, 2015 | Classes, The Farm, Youth
Charlene and Richard began developing Nana Cardoon Urban Farm and Learning Center long before the 3rd grade through high school students that came to visit last month were even born. Yet having the 76 girls from the Chicas Youth Development Program explore, discover,...
by Eileen | Apr 20, 2015 | Recipes, The Farm
One of the first signs of Spring’s awakening at Nana Cardoon is rhubarb. An herbaceous perennial vegetable native to Siberia it makes its appearance in the early months of the year, typically March. We “force” our rhubarb, that is we place an earthen...
by Eileen | Mar 3, 2015 | The Farm
What does Seedy Saturday at Nana Cardoon look and sound like? A dynamic group of folks happily exchanging seed stories, history, culture, culinary usage, and growing tips. Beautiful brown seeds so tiny they could blow away, shiny black seeds large enough to reflect...
by Eileen | Sep 8, 2014 | The Farm
Welcome to Nana Cardoon, an urban farm and learning center offering opportunities to explore and learn about food production, from the soil to seeds, from the field to the table.