Celebrating One Year of the Four-Day Work Week: A Reflection
In 2023, we shifted to a 32-hour workweek, while retaining the same pay and benefits.
Read about our organizational reflection on the shift!
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 down”...
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...
Sending off longtime board member Kristi McFarland
Sending off longtime board member Kristi McFarland After many years of service, board member Kristi McFarland has reached the end of her term at Zenger Farm. We are so grateful to Kristi for her tireless dedication to our mission and values. She has been an invaluable...
Nourishing Our Community Through 2020 with Farm Fresh Foods
Nourishing Our Community Through 2020 with Farm Fresh FoodsAt the end of every CSA season, as we prepare the ground for the upcoming winter and take steps towards planning next year’s farm season, our farmers also put a lot of time and consideration into reflecting on...
Kids Activities: December
Kids Activities: December We are making at-home activity sheets for kids to share with all of you! 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...
Rethinking Thanksgiving
Rethinking ThanksgivingThis Thanksgiving, we hope that you will join us and take time to learn about and reflect on the true history of the holiday. Native communities have many special and diverse traditions to give thanks and celebrate togetherness. Read through our...