You have probably noticed some smiling faces at Full Circle Farm. Our passionate new Executive Director, Rebecca Jepsen, and small staff have been blessed by the addition of 5 full time and 4 quarter time AmeriCorps members dedicated to our farm over the next 3 years! We now have the human capital necessary to implement the next phase of our expansion and need your tax deductible support to expand production.

Our plans for 2010 include:
• Doubling the production from our crop rows
• Expanding our historic fruit orchard to over 300 trees
• Increasing our educational garden to a full acre
• Introducing edible landscape and habitat gardens
• Adding Peterson 8th grade leadership classes to our education program

Your tax deductible gift will enable expansion that will help us increase our revenue streams and decrease dependence on grants and donations in years to come. Please join us in our campaign to raise $100K by May 1st!

Giving levels include:

Full Circle Pioneer: $5,000 and above
Full Circle Champion: $2,500 to $4,999
Full Circle Friend: $1,000 to $2,499

We will dedicate an orchard tree in your honor as well as have your name prominently displayed on a permanent placard at the entrance to the farm.

Please donate on-line or mail checks made out to Full Circle Farm, a project of Sustainable Community Gardens, to:

Full Circle Challenge
1055 Dunford Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94087

Please direct questions to Rebecca Jepsen at rebecca@scgardens.org or call +1.408.735.8154

Thank you for your gift!

Come learn everything you always wanted to know about backyard chickens, Feb 20 at 11 am at Full Circle Farm. Learn care for chicks; how to build a coop; what hens need to be happy; and no rooster necessary to lay eggs. Attend our two hour class just in time for you to plan to bring chickens to your home in spring. FCF’s “Mother Hen” Melissa Patel will teach the class and offer hand raised chicks for purchase.

For more information on the class or to sign up, email her at: melissa@fullcirclesunnyvale.org Space is limited, register now!

Hello Grape and Berry Enthusiasts!

This Saturday Jan. 16th at 1pm, Bill Weaver, our resident pruning expert will be teaching basic pruning, tools and techniques for blackberries, boysenberries, raspberries and grapes.  Afterward Bill will be doing a live demo on some vines in the garden.

The Class will held at Sunnyvale Community Garden, located at 433 Charles Street, in Sunnyvale, behind the Sunnyvale Public Library.  If your a visitor please feel free to come early to walk about and enjoy the gardens.  Please RSVP so we can plan accordingly.

Hope you can make it . . . proper pruning is the key to a healthy plant and abundant harvest!!

Family farm brings kids full circle with food they eat

SUNNYVALE, CA (KGO) — Hands on learning for school kids is nothing new, but in Silicon Valley amid all the high-tech companies and housing development, there is something you do not see a lot of in the Bay Area anymore — a farm. It is giving kids a whole new appreciation for what they eat.

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Full Circle Farm’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program is an easy way to get your household eating more fresh local veggies Receive a 13-week subscription of the farm fresh produce for $300. CSA shareholders have a stake in the farm’s success!

Meghan, Rose, Dart, Jonathan and Sean are busy planting winter crops and preparing for spring. It is time for leafy greens – packed full of vitamins and great with beans in soups or sauteed in a little garlic, lettuces, broccoli, cauliflower, root vegetables and onions. You can take home a basket of our best every week if you sign up for our CSA.

More information on CSA.

To learn more and for sign-up instructions, please contact Farm Manager Meghan Cole at meghan@fullcirclesunnyvale.org

We want to thank the Michael Lee Environment Foundation for their support of our Thanksgiving in October campaign. Due to their generous match, your donations dollars are doubled! Today we have donated over 100 boxes of food to many of our Bay Area shelters and food banks. Receiving organizations include: Our Daily Bread, Loaves & Fishes, Sunnyvale Community Services, InnVision, The Salvation Army, and St. Vincent’s.

The Michael Lee Environment Foundation is dedicated to supporting community-based projects and activities in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. They efforts, energy and support are setting examples of environmental integrity and public awareness through action and education though Silicon Valley.

We are very excited to announce our 1st annual “Thanksgiving in October” campaign. Our local food banks are in dire need!  With your help we can provide fresh, locally grown produce to hundreds of families right here in the Bay Area – now!

We don’t have a lot of time, so please help us by forwarding this email to all your friends, family, and associates.  Your donation will not only help support Full Circle Farm; together we can feed hundreds of our friends and neighbors in need!!!

Please Donate Today!
Your funds will be matched through the generous support of

Check back for updated details.  See you soon for a “ghostly good time”!!!

Two Days Only!

Sunday, October 18th

AND

Sunday October 25th

11am-3pm

We have an incredible variety of pumpkins and squash for both carving AND eating to choose from. Come out in our farm fields and enjoy finding and picking your family’s perfect, locally-grown pumpkin.

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Farm Manager Meghan Cole