City Farm SLO

06/09/2026

🌱 There’s something so deeply inspiring about a woman who gets her hands in the soil and builds something beautiful for her community.
Meet Kayla Rutland, Executive Director of City Farm SLO in San Luis Obispo, California — a vibrant woman-led urban farm doing extraordinary work. In this International Year of the Woman Farmer, Kayla and her team embody the heart of what we celebrate at Womanswork: growing fresh, nourishing produce for their community and hosting joyful events that bring people together around the land.
We’re thrilled to support them and share their story. We believe in lifting up the women who feed us — in every sense of the word. 💛
Thank you, Kayla, for letting us share a glimpse of your beautiful farm.
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06/04/2026

Introducing the Rooted in SLO Award.

This is the very first time we've given this honor, and 2026 is the United Nations' International Year of the Woman Farmer, so our first Rooted in SLO award celebrates a woman or nonbinary leader who has helped grow a healthier, more connected SLO County through farming, food, and education.

Women are 38% of California's farmers in a field that's still mostly men, and City Farm SLO is proud to be a female-led farm in that shift. This is the year to lift up the people doing this work right alongside us.

Nominees join us as celebrated guests at our 2nd Annual Farm Games Hoedown, Saturday, August 15 at Rancho Toro y Oso in San Luis Obispo, 5:00 to 8:30 PM.

How it works: reach out and we'll send you the full nomination details. Nominations include a discounted Nominee Guest Ticket ($75) so your honoree can join the celebration as our guest, with the person or group nominating them recognized for championing them.

Know someone? click the link in our bio to start a nomination

06/04/2026

This Saturday! Join us for a Community Tour and our Pay-What-You-Can Farm Stand. Tour starts at 9:30am.

Link in comments to sign up and learn more.

You can drop in the day of as well!

05/29/2026

🌟 What it feels like to realize a vision four years in the making! 🌟 This structure is the result of a long, sometimes dramatic, effort that started in 2022. This is where food moves from the field into the community—washed, packed, and prepared for families, schools, and our farm stand. It will allow us to scale production, maintain quality, and actually get more local food into people’s hands. It also allows more space for our education programs to expand—we aren’t washing and packing vegetables in our outdoor classroom anymore!

SINCERE GRATITUDE to our funders for this project: California Department of Food and Agriculture , the folks at AgWest Farm Credit , and the generous individual donors who helped build this new hub for our farm community.

This structure took four years of work and a very dedicated team working through ups and downs and the challenges involved in pulling this off just *days* away from our grant deadline. A huge thanks to the folks that worked on this project:

Rachel Kovesdi at Kovesdi Consulting who donated her time and expertise
Andrew Goodwin and Bryan Shields at Andrew Goodwin Designs
Dan at Hive Engineering
Stacey and Halil at
My team of staff at City Farm SLO

Now, we’re dedicating this pavilion in honor of Steven and Jan Marx as a small token of appreciation for what they have done to make City Farm SLO what it is today. We could not be more grateful for their more than 15 years of commitment to City Farm SLO. .marx

05/29/2026

Open Farm Days is a special weekend presented by where 20+ farms, ranches, and producers across SLO County open their gates for a self-guided weekend of tastings, demos, and tours. City Farm SLO is a proud stop on the trail! City Farm SLO will be open Saturday, June 20th from 10am - 3pm with several activities planned:

👩‍🌾 Our Pay-What-You-Can Farm Stand will be open and sampling multiple items from our City Farmer Collaborative
🌻 Free Farm Tours Starting at 10am and 11am - learn the regenerative methods we use to grow food
🐏 Visit our sheep and watch the lambs frolic!
🍗 A special farm-to-table cooking expeirence with Chef Laurie Jo (details below, link in our bio)

$45 per person includes

A ~1 hour farm-to-table cooking experience led by Guest Chef Laurie Jo
A live cooking demonstration with tips for cooking with fresh, local ingredients
A shared farm lunch featuring roasted City Farm whole chicken and seasonal vegetables along with non-alcoholic beverages
An optional farm tour at 11:00 AM before the class to learn about the regenerative farming methods used to grow the ingredients
Cook, taste, and savor the farm! Join us at City Farm for a relaxed, hands-on cooking experience led by Guest Chef Laurie Jo, where we’ll prepare a delicious farm-to-table meal using the freshest organic ingredients grown right here on the farm. Together, we’ll roast a City Farm whole chicken and transform seasonal vegetables into a simple, flavorful dish that celebrates the bounty of the season.

The class will include a cooking demonstration, and plenty of tips for cooking with fresh, local ingredients. After we cook, we’ll gather around the table to enjoy the meal together in a beautiful farm setting. A refreshing non-alcoholic drink is included with the meal.

Recommended for ages 12 and up, but all ages are welcome.

05/28/2026

Not only do our sheep and lambs provide us with wool, meat, sustainable grazing and regenerative compost, but there is never a shortage of entertainment on the farm with these little lambs around!

Thank you Steven Marx for the video and selecting the perfect soundtrack

05/28/2026

It’s a ‘Flower Club’ where you’re supporting local, regenerative agriculture! The best kind of club, we think. Keep that fresh pop of color and local connection in your life all summer long! Choose from a 8 or 12 week subscription of City Farm blooms by City Farmer Caroline Blooms include annual cut flowers, dahlias, perennials, & native wildflowers. Sign up at the link in our bio or LittlePeaFlorals.com Pick up your flowers weekly at City Farm SLO in San Luis Obispo or .apothecary in Morro Bay 🌻 🌸 🪻 🌼

05/23/2026

Farms Together, also known as the LFPA, is a critical program that has quietly been nourishing our community.

Act now to save small farmers in California! 🌱 🍓 🍊

We need the state of California to fund LFPA, a program that has provided immense support to small farmers.

California lost 10% of its farms between 2017–2022. Programs like LFPA are how we fight back — but only if the state funds them. Without these programs, we risk losing farmers throughout the state. Help keep local farmers by urging your state representatives to fund LFPA!

What is LFPA?

The Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program (LFPA) connects small farmers with food banks to provide healthy, fresh, and local food to California families in need while opening up access to a fair market for local food.

From bok choy and chiles to peaches and tomatoes, these farm boxes reflect the diversity of the people who grow and receive them — food that nourishes and honors community.
Take action 🫵 Call your state rep and urge them to fund LFPA and CUSP. Script and instructions in the carousel!

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05/22/2026

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05/22/2026