Reflections on Co-Leadership

In 2019 Zenger Farm was in a challenging organizational transition.  There were significant internal conflicts, budget constraints, and a lack of shared vision. As the Board of Directors set out to hire a new leader, the Executive Director role was not an easy one to...

Why Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)?

The U.S. based CSA model is specifically rooted in providing capital access to Black farmers in a discriminatory agriculture system.  A CSA is short for Community Supported Agriculture. The CSA model was initially created in the 1960’s by Booker T. Whatley, an African...

Making the Switch to a Four Day Work Week

So much of the work of oppression is about policing the imagination.   -Saidiya Hartman A hundred years ago, our society moved from working six day weeks to five, and we are long overdue for an update. Factories in the 1800s would operate from “sun up to sun...

Kids Activities: February

Kids Activities: February Here’s our latest activity sheets for kids! We miss having you all at the farm so much and we think of each of you as we create these activities. Each one is screen-free and either gets kids outside, in the kitchen or doing something crafty....

Kids Activities: January

Kids Activities: January Here’s this month’s list of at-home activity sheets for kids! We miss having kids at the farm so much and we think of all of you as we create these activities. Each one is screen-free and either gets kids outside, in the kitchen or doing...