Jump to the following parts of the Episode: 00:22 Alma Backyard Farms 01:05 Walking into Farm 01:39 This farm Invites You In 02:55 Do this if you have kids 04:35 Mission of Alma Backyard Farms 06:27 Most Amazing Farm Stand Tour 09:18 Don't Forget about People & Places in Farming 10:12 Designing the Farm to Invite the Public 11:30 Farm tour - How they grow at Alma 14:10 Like Plants Like People 14:52 Do this to harvest kale for a long time 16:19 Elevated Cold Frame on Abandoned Picnic Table 17:35 Composting to Grow Food 18:00 Fruit Trees in 15 Gallon Pots 18:26 Growing a Community of Plants 19:10 Wash Water Used to Grow Bananas 20:09 Growing Plants that have continual harvests 21:25 One thing Alma would have done differently 21:58 Grow this citrus in Southern California 23:35 Eggplants growing in December 24:35 Hedgerow growing for Beneficial Insects and Create Habitat for creatures 25:40 Plant Native Plants in the Winter to get them established 27:23 Plants like Music too 27:53 Fresh Avocados 28:09 Fruit trees vs Vegetables 29:20 Growing Passion Fruits on a Chain Link Fence 30:11 Open every other Sunday 30:42 Walk-in Cooler powered by Coolbot Air Conditioner 32:42 Farm Stand Availability List 33:55 Storing Summer Crops in a Warm Fridge 34:50 Using an Inkbird to Keep Fruits 50-55 degrees 36:37 Relationship Farming 39:00 Donating Extra Food to People in Need 40:44 Interview with Richard Garcia 41:09 Who is Alma? 42:30 Why was Alma Backyard Farm Started? 44:45 We have all had Trauma, and Gardening can help 46:04 How can farms think about more than Just Profit? 48:17 How can a farmer share their surplus? 51:18 Designing a Farm with Community and Community Gathering 53:40 What is the story of your Okra? 55:19 How to get Okra to Produce More Fruit 56:40 What are the easiest vegetables to grow in Los Angeles? 58:53 Do you prefer to grow fruits or vegetables? 59:52 What are the best fruit trees to grow in Los Angeles? 1:02:40 Where do you see Alma Farms in 5 Years? 1:04:05 How can you help out Alma Backyard Farms? Learn more and Support Alma Backyard Farm at www.almabackyardfarms.com/ Follow Alma Backyard Farm on Instagram instagram.com/almabackyardfarms/
You wouldn't happen to have met the late, great Auntie Fee? Felicia O'Donnell, if I remember well her name, the world lost a dedicated lady, devoted to her family and on the side helping us her subs with easy and tasty recipes. Fortunately for us, her son Tavis keeps working on her Channel here.
Keep keeping at it John! You started me in my food gardening journey and now my whole front yard is mulched and I have 30 ft beds the length of the yard. Love ya! 💚
What a wonderful afternoon turned night! First watching Wendi Phan pay a visit to Long Beach Community Garden and now seeing and hearing Richard tell his story to you John and us your subs, thank you for all the work you do to get people like me, to grow our own greens! 😁👍
I'm from Los Angeles and we had something called the South Central farm... It was on 41st street and Long Beach... It was never as organized and nice as this farm in Compton but it was farmed by people in the community for years.. until Maxine Waters and other city people robbed the people of this farm and destroyed it... There was a huge protest for days me and other teenagers tried so hard to stop them, even Dany Glover and Daryl Hannah the actress were there... But we couldn't save the South Central farm.... I would of loved to see it turn into something like this... It would of been beautiful... I don't live in Los Angeles anymore but I will always remember the farm...
Peter, thanks for your post. I'm just curious, how did Maxine Waters and others destroy the farm? I have a big organic garden and would like to expand it and I'm wondering what kind of obstacles small farmers run into politically.
@@spir5102 well Maxine Waters was for tearing the farm down... She did not help with saving the farm... In fact I remember a speech she did at the time saying that the farmers didn't pay taxes on any of the corn or nopales that they sold to the public... The community knew why tho... South Central was a majority black neighborhood in the 60's and 70's by the early 2000 when this happened it was a majority Hispanic neighborhood.. Maxine Waters just wanted to stick it to these people she didn't like... It was sad to see... Other politicians like Villaraigosa and others did try to help... I remember at the time.. Maxine Waters was against the Farmers.. saying that they sold corn and other vegetables grown on the farm to the public and didn't pay taxes so that's why she was against the farm... I was only a teen back then and I do remember that the community felt betrayed... Many of them voted for her she's been in that district for ages... And many of the people like me who lived in the area felt that such racial rivalries were long gone... I don't know if you watched the video I posted on this... It's like a 30 minute video.. you should watch... Let me know if you spot me in it..
@@spir5102 that farm was a complicated issue... As long as you own the land you're farming on you shouldn't have a problem... If you don't own the land and you just have permission by the owner or the city let you use that land then I think that's where the problem might be... The problem with that farm was that it was gifted to the people after the LA riots... It was meant to help the struggling families in that community I guess they also though hey if these people are farming they aren't rioting... So they had that land for 14 years... And then the city sold it to a developer... Tore down the entire farm... Bulldozed the whole place... They built another farm on donated land like 3 hours away... But to the people who lived in that neighborhood that wasn't a victory... How are poor people with no money going to go farm three hours away... Some of these people didn't even have a working car... It was sad... None the less Maxine Waters was so proud of her achievement... 😒 Even held a groundbreaking ceremony all the way in another city... In the middle of nowhere... So if you're really worried about it make sure you have ownership of the land you're using... I hope that was helpful...
@@peterzotti6430 thanks. We have so many struggling people in America. I'm not sure our politicians, even the good ones, are in it to help those disenfranchised, poor people who need it the most. There are so many UA-cam videos about how big agriculture is destroying the land and producing low quality food. If our congress members would stop subsidizing giant corporations and instead start helping the smaller farmer who grows healthier food, people in America would have access to good quality food.. Congress has allowed big business to monopolize, so they can sell low quality food, set prices and gouge people however they want. I hope people find a way to come together and grow healthier food so we don't have to eat low quality food and pay billionaire corporations to get wealthier.. That would be awesome.
i agree. I would love all Americans to form neighborhood 'farms' using their yards, so they can feed themselves and each other. America has the ability to grow delicious food and feed all its people. It just needs to think that way, then grow that way. Bigger locations like this could hold classes about plants, growing, and using what is grown.
Definitely going to visit this farm it’s literally down the street from my house and I didnt even knew about it, as a gardener this is really exiting , we’ll be looking in to this 👍
I can't recall if I ever mentioned bacillus subtilis to you or the living soil/root enzymes that break down phosphorus bonds(phosphates of certain elements) so that people's body's function better (their kidneys also, a huge thing for dialysis patients), but I'm given immense faith that you had mentioned they have a patch where children can pick their own radishes(need them for grown-ups too though). I realized about a year ago and presumed no one else had the same understanding until now. Thanks for making the video
John, you are an inspiration, your content, knowledge & enthusiasm; have been watching for years+++ but only really planted flowers purely for aesthetic purposes, then started bee-magnet plants eg. borage; although edible, didn't really eat; now started beans in my 1m raised bed in the West Oz summer (ie. v hot & dry, & water not abundant)- now they have flowers & am v happy - thanks so much for your vids. Sorry not relevant to this vid - but what an awesome farm, would love to visit :-) (and work there!!)
Did you have a spiritual level-up recently because even your HANDS are looking earthy-AF and glowing 🍄 sorry if that is a weird comment but the vibe in this video is strangely high. 💙
You remember all those wooly mammoths and saber tooth tigers? They're right here with us. All the people who ever lived, are right here with us. They didn't go anywhere. Every living thing eats, shits and then die and decompose. We live on top of that. We might as well go on with the program. Death is just a side effect of being alive.
Food is our medicine, it brings joy, it unites us with the earth and reminds us of God's love. I would like to see farming villages/coops, using permaculture, encompass (surrounding) every city. I've seen many urban gardens/farms and I don't like them at all. I think most of them fail, for obvious reasons.
Jump to the following parts of the Episode:
00:22 Alma Backyard Farms
01:05 Walking into Farm
01:39 This farm Invites You In
02:55 Do this if you have kids
04:35 Mission of Alma Backyard Farms
06:27 Most Amazing Farm Stand Tour
09:18 Don't Forget about People & Places in Farming
10:12 Designing the Farm to Invite the Public
11:30 Farm tour - How they grow at Alma
14:10 Like Plants Like People
14:52 Do this to harvest kale for a long time
16:19 Elevated Cold Frame on Abandoned Picnic Table
17:35 Composting to Grow Food
18:00 Fruit Trees in 15 Gallon Pots
18:26 Growing a Community of Plants
19:10 Wash Water Used to Grow Bananas
20:09 Growing Plants that have continual harvests
21:25 One thing Alma would have done differently
21:58 Grow this citrus in Southern California
23:35 Eggplants growing in December
24:35 Hedgerow growing for Beneficial Insects and Create Habitat for creatures
25:40 Plant Native Plants in the Winter to get them established
27:23 Plants like Music too
27:53 Fresh Avocados
28:09 Fruit trees vs Vegetables
29:20 Growing Passion Fruits on a Chain Link Fence
30:11 Open every other Sunday
30:42 Walk-in Cooler powered by Coolbot Air Conditioner
32:42 Farm Stand Availability List
33:55 Storing Summer Crops in a Warm Fridge
34:50 Using an Inkbird to Keep Fruits 50-55 degrees
36:37 Relationship Farming
39:00 Donating Extra Food to People in Need
40:44 Interview with Richard Garcia
41:09 Who is Alma?
42:30 Why was Alma Backyard Farm Started?
44:45 We have all had Trauma, and Gardening can help
46:04 How can farms think about more than Just Profit?
48:17 How can a farmer share their surplus?
51:18 Designing a Farm with Community and Community Gathering
53:40 What is the story of your Okra?
55:19 How to get Okra to Produce More Fruit
56:40 What are the easiest vegetables to grow in Los Angeles?
58:53 Do you prefer to grow fruits or vegetables?
59:52 What are the best fruit trees to grow in Los Angeles?
1:02:40 Where do you see Alma Farms in 5 Years?
1:04:05 How can you help out Alma Backyard Farms?
Learn more and Support Alma Backyard Farm at www.almabackyardfarms.com/
Follow Alma Backyard Farm on Instagram instagram.com/almabackyardfarms/
I'm in Riverside county so good to know about them! ❤️
What could graft onto the avo tree? The 40 fruits tree > ua-cam.com/video/A33jTwS6fu4/v-deo.html
How many different peppers could a pepper bush grow?
I'm from Compton. Born and raised. This farm is life! Thx so much for sharing this!!!
You wouldn't happen to have met the late, great Auntie Fee? Felicia O'Donnell, if I remember well her name, the world lost a dedicated lady, devoted to her family and on the side helping us her subs with easy and tasty recipes. Fortunately for us, her son Tavis keeps working on her Channel here.
@qualqui Nooooo Honey. I didn't have the honor. And Yezzzzza. She was a hoot!
Keep keeping at it John! You started me in my food gardening journey and now my whole front yard is mulched and I have 30 ft beds the length of the yard. Love ya! 💚
wow! great to hear, I could play a small part! Remember you deserve a pat on the back.. You did all the WORK to make it happen!
You have a heart of gold this place obviously moved you a heap
Yes, an Alma Farm in every neighborhood!!! What a great idea!!!
What a true blessing, almost brings me to tears, God bless these lovely people.
What a wonderful afternoon turned night! First watching Wendi Phan pay a visit to Long Beach Community Garden and now seeing and hearing Richard tell his story to you John and us your subs, thank you for all the work you do to get people like me, to grow our own greens! 😁👍
I'm from Los Angeles and we had something called the South Central farm... It was on 41st street and Long Beach... It was never as organized and nice as this farm in Compton but it was farmed by people in the community for years.. until Maxine Waters and other city people robbed the people of this farm and destroyed it... There was a huge protest for days me and other teenagers tried so hard to stop them, even Dany Glover and Daryl Hannah the actress were there... But we couldn't save the South Central farm.... I would of loved to see it turn into something like this... It would of been beautiful... I don't live in Los Angeles anymore but I will always remember the farm...
ua-cam.com/video/Qs-3f678vys/v-deo.html
Peter, thanks for your post. I'm just curious, how did Maxine Waters and others destroy the farm? I have a big organic garden and would like to expand it and I'm wondering what kind of obstacles small farmers run into politically.
@@spir5102 well Maxine Waters was for tearing the farm down... She did not help with saving the farm... In fact I remember a speech she did at the time saying that the farmers didn't pay taxes on any of the corn or nopales that they sold to the public... The community knew why tho... South Central was a majority black neighborhood in the 60's and 70's by the early 2000 when this happened it was a majority Hispanic neighborhood.. Maxine Waters just wanted to stick it to these people she didn't like... It was sad to see... Other politicians like Villaraigosa and others did try to help... I remember at the time.. Maxine Waters was against the Farmers.. saying that they sold corn and other vegetables grown on the farm to the public and didn't pay taxes so that's why she was against the farm... I was only a teen back then and I do remember that the community felt betrayed... Many of them voted for her she's been in that district for ages... And many of the people like me who lived in the area felt that such racial rivalries were long gone... I don't know if you watched the video I posted on this... It's like a 30 minute video.. you should watch... Let me know if you spot me in it..
@@spir5102 that farm was a complicated issue... As long as you own the land you're farming on you shouldn't have a problem... If you don't own the land and you just have permission by the owner or the city let you use that land then I think that's where the problem might be... The problem with that farm was that it was gifted to the people after the LA riots... It was meant to help the struggling families in that community I guess they also though hey if these people are farming they aren't rioting... So they had that land for 14 years... And then the city sold it to a developer... Tore down the entire farm... Bulldozed the whole place... They built another farm on donated land like 3 hours away... But to the people who lived in that neighborhood that wasn't a victory... How are poor people with no money going to go farm three hours away... Some of these people didn't even have a working car... It was sad... None the less Maxine Waters was so proud of her achievement... 😒 Even held a groundbreaking ceremony all the way in another city... In the middle of nowhere... So if you're really worried about it make sure you have ownership of the land you're using... I hope that was helpful...
@@peterzotti6430 thanks. We have so many struggling people in America. I'm not sure our politicians, even the good ones, are in it to help those disenfranchised, poor people who need it the most. There are so many UA-cam videos about how big agriculture is destroying the land and producing low quality food. If our congress members would stop subsidizing giant corporations and instead start helping the smaller farmer who grows healthier food, people in America would have access to good quality food.. Congress has allowed big business to monopolize, so they can sell low quality food, set prices and gouge people however they want. I hope people find a way to come together and grow healthier food so we don't have to eat low quality food and pay billionaire corporations to get wealthier.. That would be awesome.
the Dif Fridges Is KEY.
:)
word.
i agree. I would love all Americans to form neighborhood 'farms' using their yards, so they can feed themselves and each other. America has the ability to grow delicious food and feed all its people. It just needs to think that way, then grow that way.
Bigger locations like this could hold classes about plants, growing, and using what is grown.
Great video. Community gardens should be everywhere
Thanks too John 😀🇦🇺
Definitely going to visit this farm it’s literally down the street from my house and I didnt even knew about it, as a gardener this is really exiting , we’ll be looking in to this 👍
Thank you 🙏
I wish there was something like this in Memphis TN
I can't recall if I ever mentioned bacillus subtilis to you or the living soil/root enzymes that break down phosphorus bonds(phosphates of certain elements) so that people's body's function better (their kidneys also, a huge thing for dialysis patients), but I'm given immense faith that you had mentioned they have a patch where children can pick their own radishes(need them for grown-ups too though). I realized about a year ago and presumed no one else had the same understanding until now. Thanks for making the video
This is awesome..i hope it continues
This is a fascinating model of farming truly grounding people.
John, you are an inspiration, your content, knowledge & enthusiasm; have been watching for years+++ but only really planted flowers purely for aesthetic purposes, then started bee-magnet plants eg. borage; although edible, didn't really eat; now started beans in my 1m raised bed in the West Oz summer (ie. v hot & dry, & water not abundant)- now they have flowers & am v happy - thanks so much for your vids. Sorry not relevant to this vid - but what an awesome farm, would love to visit :-) (and work there!!)
Sharing this on my MeWe page!
You at 888k subs that's good luck thanks for sharing 👍🏿
35:50 was pretty cool too, ty
Good interview
Great episode, I wont give up my messy garden though
Did you have a spiritual level-up recently because even your HANDS are looking earthy-AF and glowing 🍄 sorry if that is a weird comment but the vibe in this video is strangely high. 💙
Great episode! Thanks for the tip about okra. Who would think?😊
Wow great farm and wonderful presentation! They need to show this to some would be Grant donors
Your AWESOME
Dutch greenhouses used to raise 790,000 pounds of tomatoes per acre.
How are their brassicas so perfect, are they using Bt or neem oil maybe? Spinosad?
You remember all those wooly mammoths and saber tooth tigers? They're right here with us. All the people who ever lived, are right here with us. They didn't go anywhere.
Every living thing eats, shits and then die and decompose. We live on top of that. We might as well go on with the program. Death is just a side effect of being alive.
Lolol yes cherries in marin county farmers market is 9.50$ per pound 😮
Are you the Wranglerstars brother?
awesome!
Go to moon water farms in Compton
Food is our medicine, it brings joy, it unites us with the earth and reminds us of God's love. I would like to see farming villages/coops, using permaculture, encompass (surrounding) every city. I've seen many urban gardens/farms and I don't like them at all. I think most of them fail, for obvious reasons.
Funny thing, google maps shows they are "permanently closed".
Just checked 8 to 1 on Sunday
Thank you 🙏