Name: Growing Food for a Community
Start: 2026-07-11T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-07-11T12:00:00-07:00
Location: The Degnan Microfarm

Outside of learning to read and write, learning how to grow your own food is the next most powerful and liberating thing you can learn.
About this Event

Living in a big city surrounded by so many businesses it's easy to forget that almost all of the food that we consume is shipped in. What happens when there's problems with the supply chain? Or if your neighborhood grocery store closes? Add that to the fact that the longer produce is in transport, the more nutrients it loses.

Join us for a hands on workshop focused on community food systems, urban agriculture, and growing food collectively. Led in collaboration with The Plant Plug™, this workshop will explore the connections between plant science, food access, geography, and economics while learning practical growing skills that can be applied in your own community.

Participants will learn:

Food systems, geography, and the economics connected to community growing
Plant science fundamentals including plant parts, growth phases, plant mechanics, and the connection between plant and human systems
The problem, solution, and methodology behind Crop Swap LA’s community based growing model
Irrigation design and foundational watering systems
Practical ways to grow food for families and communities in urban spaces

This interactive workshop will include hands on learning, discussion, and opportunities to deepen your understanding of sustainable community food growing practices.

All supplies will be provided.

In partnership with The Plant Plug™ and Crop Swap LA™.

This Urban Survival Course will give you the necessary knowledge to grow your own food TODAY.

The course will be held at The Degnan Microfarm, Crop Swap LA's newest microfarm in Africa Town/Leimert Park.

Successfully take all 4 Urban Survival Courses and you'll be eligible to receive a Crop Swap LA Urban Grower Certificate.

By purchasing a ticket, I acknowledge that I am being added to Crop Swap LA's mailing list, and that I can opt out at any time after I receive my first email.

A healthy lunch catered by a hyper local business will be included in the course!