Hi! I am starting this group in the hopes of finding some fellow foragers and urban gleaners to go on some outings with out here in Contra Costa and in the East Bay. We will forage for wild edibles fruits and vegetables, fungi, and wild herbs and greens.  We will research and plan outings for foraging in public lands and parks, untended residential lots, and whatever other fruit we can gain access to without violating good etiquette and ethics. Note: Due to the logistics and such of organizing …

Meet like-minded organic gardeners, food growers, and urban farmers who are using their backyards, gardens, patios, and community spaces to grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs that they can cultivate and eat themselves. We’ll share specific ways to help you get your garden planned, started, and yielding healthy fruitful crops. Plus, you’ll have a chance to meet others and share food, recipes, and tips on organic gardening. Whether you must grow your own food for health reasons, you simply desi …

Urban homesteading can be a fun and fulfilling way to decrease your carbon footprint while learning useful methods for producing your own wholesome home staples. We will be exploring canning & preserving, animal husbandry and beekeeping, gardening and mycology, foraging and gleaning, home crafting and sewing, permaculture practices, and the use of native plants for both culinary and medicinal uses.

Locally Oakley Permaculture Garden Meetup is the place to meet other locals for environmental networking, education, demos, practical test gardens and more! Let us show you how maximizing biodiversity creates sustainable energy-efficient, intensive living systems for healthy foods and a renewed environment. "Earth care,  People care,  Surplus share"

Meet like-minded organic gardeners, food growers, and urban farmers who are using their backyards, gardens, patios, and community spaces to grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs that they can cultivate and eat themselves. We’ll share specific ways to help you get your garden planned, started, and yielding healthy fruitful crops. Plus, you’ll have a chance to meet others and share food, recipes, and tips on organic gardening. Whether you must grow your own food for health reasons, you simply desire …

Shanon Dean and Rebecca Miller are the original duo behind the 30 Something Dames. We’re just a couple of young crafty, thrifty and adventurous ladies.  Shanon puts “Suzy Homemaker” to shame and Rebecca is often referred to as “Becky Crocker”. Shanon has also started an Urban Homestead with her husband and they have 20 laying chickens, rabbits, and goats, muscovy ducks, and quail. There are 34 fruit trees, veggie gardens galore and composting bins going up around the 1/3 acre. We’re crazy abou …

The purpose of the group is to spread knowledge of homesteading and backyard/urban gardening. The goal is to have meetings about twice a month. Here is list of things we would want to try to do, but not all at once: Workshops Soap making Candle making Making Lye from ashes Worm bins Container gardening Making beer/wine Other fermented drinks Sewing Leather working Food storage Canning Topics Garden Pests Composting Permaculture Survivalism Peak Oil Book club Animals (chickens, …

It is becoming painfully clear that the climate chaos is upon us. And even if it weren't, we are running out of the substance that has fueled this catastrophe, cheap crude oil and natural gas. This group will be a think tank for ideas and a clearing house for information. The whole problem demands strong local communities as part of the solution. We will meet and discuss coping skills, sustainable practices, clean and green energy, and the prognosis for the future. We may also do practical thing …

What would it be like to own your home in a thriving community, close to work and school? Cohousing is housing created with the design input of the residents, according to common goals such as sustainability, community, and simply living well by sharing more. It includes individual homes supplemented by shared facilities and common areas. Management is consensus-driven and done by the residents. There are over two dozen cohousing communities in the Bay Area to date, and it’s about time to bu …

This group is for the rare Silicon Valley resident that has come from a farming background, is curious about modern agriculture or is interested in becoming involved in agriculture. The purpose of the group is for like-minded individuals to meet and discuss ideas, propose innovative ideas and otherwise hash out what the interaction of California's two strongest industries "could be". You should join if you are interested in: *sustainable agriculture *organic farming *conventional farming *the us …

A developer proposed to build 1,500 high-density homes fronting the Union City hills, Dry Creek Cottage and Gardens, an historic site, and proposed to eliminate 60 acres of agricultural land in the Tri-City area. Save Our Hills wants to educate the community about how to make a difference in saving these areas from being changed to housing or other similar use. Friends of the Save Our Hills are committed to protecting our parks, history and open space, so please join us if you are interested in …

Rodgers Ranch is a registered historical site, and used to be a real working farm.  The city of Pleasant Hill has kept and maintained the core of the farm, and has given us the opportunity to resurrect it as a place to learn about gardening and farming. We meet every Saturday as a group.  Official hours are 10am to 12pm, but we almost always stay longer. Members go there on any other day regularly to water or do various tasks. Not everyone comes every week.  No problem.  Come when you can. Objec …

This group was created for gardeners in the Fremont-Union City-Newark (FUCN) area but gardeners from other areas are welcome to join as well. The group will meet to talk about FUCN gardening, give each other FUCN advice, and help each other with FUCN projects. There may also be trips to FUCN garden events or attractions. There will not be a set FUCN schedule until the group reaches critical mass. If you are interested in hosting a FUCN meetup, feel free to suggest one.

If you live in or around Fairfax and grow food - and sometimes have too much, join us! With a lot or a little to offer, we will divide up our spoils and send everyone home with a variety of garden grown or foraged edibles.

Raise Your Glass! Happy Hour Networking for Women Entrepreneurs For every women who believes that we are stronger together rather than apart. Who believes in tribal wisdom and the sharing of great stories. Who loves a great glass of wine (or two). Who believes that every woman has a right to find their inner warrior. Capture Power. Capture Love. Capture Wisdom. The Power is within You. This is for the woman in you. The woman who knows she has so much to offer the world. For the woman wh …

A collective of residents in the general Gerstle Park area of San Rafael who are interested in connecting as a community through potlucks, gatherings, events in the Park (yoga, tai chi, meetups), share skills & resources (tools, books, garden beds, or the simple last minute egg you don't have on hand for a recipe). We are about creating a strong community and embracing all ages, genders, races, relationship statuses, faiths, beliefs and economic brackets. Let's celebrate our awesome community to …

My name is Sundown Hazen. I am passionate about growing food and contributing to health and sustainability of his local community. I am using my backyard to grow fruits and vegatables traditionally, raise chickens, and raise fish and produce in an aquaponics system. I am also in the process of starting Pirate Produce, a business providing consulting services to home owners and small community groups and schools in sustainable food production. This group is a way for me to share my experiences an …

A group where technology meets agriculture, the Silicon Valley meets the Silicon Prairie, and innovation comes back to the farm. We aspire to apply the Silicon Valley model to bring together promising ideas and leverage agricultural applications to build great new companies, exhange ideas and generate interest in this promising industry.

This group is for people growing vegetables in the Oakland area (all locals welcome!) to get together and share techniques, experiences, seeds, methods, material, etc. so that we can all grow more vegetables! By vegetables, I mean all sorts of edible plants: Fruits, Tubers, Nuts, Seeds, Greens, Mushrooms, Herbs, Spices, etc. I hope to attract people with at least some experience so that we can all learn from one another. Meetups will mostly include meeting in a garden and discussing all sorts of …

We are transforming a vacant lot into an attractive and productive community garden. We will use the garden to bring the community together, improve the neighborhood, educate children about healthy food, and donate the food we grow to local charities to feed those in need.

Do you want to transform public spaces into vibrant interactive places? Spearhead projects that prioritize bikers and walkers? Improve our public transportation systems? Promote energy efficient buildings? Revitalize our blighted neighborhoods? Infuse art and creativity into our urban spaces? We all have thoughts and ideas on any of these topics. Let’s collaborate. This group is meant to bring together urbanists, planners, designers, environmentalists, artists, developers and anyone else interes …

Collective Roots is an amazing nonprofit based in East Palo Alto. Our mission is to promote food justice by engaging youth and communities in garden-based learning and nutrition education to positively impact health. We want to meet folks with a strong interest in growing their own food, learning skills our grandparents knew and making sure that everyone has access to good, healthy food.

Hi! I wanted to start a group for all the people out there who are interested in learning to live a frugal, sustainable, self suffiecient type lifestyle in the Bay Area! I like to coupon, but have found that I want to clean out the chemicals in my home, use less paper goods, and learn how to garden organically in a small space, and perserve the fruits (wink) of my labors! I am a crochet and crafting person, so I'd also like to get together, with anyone interested, and do projects that center aro …

The world has experienced unprecedented urban growth in recent decades, and global data forecasts indicate this trend will only increase. Urban Tech SF focuses on the issues and strategies behind new technologies that improve (or hinder) our urban lives. Join us and explore a diverse range of urban technology projects in San Francisco. Participate in open civic engagement on the issues that shape our daily lives along the way.

Join us in our quest to embrace living slowly and intentionally. We are a group of men and women who are striving to reduce our consumption/consumerism and increase our domestic skills. Whether you are an aspiring radical homemaker or already practice domestic arts, join us for knitting, sewing, quilting, natural dyeing, soapmaking, cooking from scratch, gardening, canning, creating herbal remedies for your family and much more. Bring an open mind and a snack to share as we learn from each other …

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What if there was way to produce an abundance of organic food using up to 90% less water, while producing up to ten times more food in the same amount of area and time? What if you could achieve this using 1/4 the amount of energy, in a system that is totally scaleable, does not require fertile soil, saves you time and labor, makes you a good living and is incredibly sustainable? Well the exciting news is that such a system of farming exists... it’s called Aquaponics. WHAT IS AQUAPONICS? Aquapo …

We are eco-aware nature lovers and food growers who want to surround ourselves with beautiful, productive landscapes that support an abundance of wonderful life forms. A deep nature garden is a human-managed ecosystem that constantly evolves, designed primarily for beauty and diversity, and also for production of food and other useful products. An enclosed eco-farm is a human-managed ecosystem designed primarily for production of food and other useful products, and also for enjoyment of its beau …