PRESS/VIDEOS

SF Chronicle covered the intergenerational, cross-cultural gardening we do at the farm through our Black Farmers Program and our daily operations. Check out the video to see many of the faces that make the farm so special! (August 12, 2020)

Vicky Chen and ecologist Kelly Langhans visit FFCF to explore our community and their relationship to birds! (October 11, 2023)

KTSF Channel 26 features Pelosi visiting the farm and interviews FFCF staff members Florence Fang, Ted Fang, Johnny Chen, and Farmer Faheem. (October 28, 2022)

NAACP and The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints help us install new irrigation for our farm (October 22, 2022)

Sinovision interviews our farmers and volunteers from Lick-Wilmerding High School (October 15, 2022)

Students from Lick-Wilmerding High School help paint our stage and explain the lotus design (July 7, 2022)

Peninsula Press, a project of Stanford Journalism, showcases Florence Fang Community Farm offering food, fresh produce, and community space in Bayview-Hunters Point (May 11, 2022)

Johnny Chen, FFCF Farm Manager, nominated as AAPI Hero Award finalist. (August 30, 2018)

Lisa Yokota from Bay Area People’s KTVU2 interviews Johnny Chen and Teddy Fang on the first anniversary of launching the Florence Fang Asian Community Garden. (April 20th, 2015)

San Francisco, CA (April 17, 2014) - AsianWeek Foundation, along with community leaders and elected officials broke ground today on the city's first ever Asian Community Garden located at the cul-de-sac at Williams Ave. and Diana St. in the Bayview District.

NAACP Reverend Brown shares how FFCF brings together Black and Asian communities (October 23, 2022)

Pelosi visits the farm and talks about food sovereignty with community groups (October 15, 2022)

NBC features Speaker Pelosi talking about the January 6th investigation and speaking on food sovereignty with community leaders at our farm. (October 16, 2022)

The director of environmental justice, Matthew Tejada, visited the community farm as a model project. (June 28, 2022)

Project by Project’s annual Plate by Plate event featured Dion Lim from Channel 7 as their keynote speaker. FFCF was their beneficiary partner this year to empower Asians in the environment. (November 6, 2021)

Florence Fang Asian Community is trying our best to stay healthy and connected with our community, even during quarantine! Check out how we’ve been maintaining healthy lifestyles and maintaining safety precautions in the garden and at home. (May 28th, 2020)

First Harvest at the Florence Fang Asian Community Garden, covered by KTVU Fox 2 News. (April 14th, 2015)

AsianWeek Foundation, along with community leaders and elected officials broke ground today on the city's first ever Asian Community Garden located at the cul-de-sac at Williams Ave. and Diana St. in the Bayview District (April 17, 2014)

AsianWeek Foundation is almost done with the first phase of our Asian Community Garden, land preparation. After the mulching is complete, we can move on to our building phase, which means planter boxes will finally be available, and plants can begin to grow! (June 16th, 2014)

We work hard to grow fresh vegetables organically and with our community. We also help to provide food for others.

ABC 7 features Pelosi visiting the farm and talking with community groups on food sovereignty (October 16, 2022)

KRON 4 features Pelosi returning to our farm and talking about food sovereignty with community leaders (October 16, 2022)

Frank Mallicoat from Bay Area People's KTVU2 interviews Faheem Carter on the impact the farm has on the children, the farmers, and the community (May 17, 2022)

Black and Chinese Volunteers working together, young and old. Covered by the Sing Tao Newspaper. (July 15th, 2020)

Channel 5 did a story on us, and they featured us helping Black kids and bringing together Black and Chinese folks. Meet our resident gardeners Faheem Carter, Isaiah Powell, and Lawland Long from FACESSF, and check out how we’ve been active at the garden and serving others safely during quarantine. (July 14, 2020)

Thank you to Kontent Films for capturing the beginnings of the first Asian community garden in San Francisco, the Florence Fang Asian Community Garden. (June 17th, 2014)

San Francisco, CA (April 17, 2014) - AsianWeek Foundation, along with community leaders and elected officials broke ground today on the city's first ever Asian Community Garden located at the cul-de-sac at Williams Ave. and Diana St. in the Bayview District.

NEWS CLIPPINGS

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Blossoming Hope: A Cultivating Journey Towards Food Justice in San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point Neighborhood- Abraham John Naser. June 25, 2023

Growing Food Sovereignty in the Bayview- SF-Marin Food Bank. May 24, 2023

The EPA’s Martha Guzman Discusses New Environmental Justice Initiatives- PPIC. May 15, 2023

Three Cheers for Partner Pantry Reopenings!- SF-Marin Food Bank. April 20, 2023

Magical history tour: Asian seniors tour Black Bayview- Mission Local. March 3, 2023

Faheem Carter’s Bayview Black Organic Farmers Program Deliciously Partners With Flour + Water Hospitality Group- San Francisco Magazine. February 23, 2023

San Francisco Activist Beaten in the Tenderloin- NBC, November 16, 2022

Celebrated San Francisco activist attacked by group, critically injured- SFGate, November 16, 2022

Pelosi visits Florence Fang Community Farm eight years after GroundBreaking (Chinese)- KTSF 26, October 28, 2022

Pelosi Revisit Fang Li Bangqin Community Farm to witness "Food Sovereignty" (Chinese)- Sing Tao USA, October 16, 2022

Visiting Li Bangqin Farm Pelosi talks about crimes against Asia: Justice will only stop (Chinese)- World Journal, October 16, 2022

Pelosi visits Li Bangqin Community Farm and sings "Friendship Lasts forever" with Professor Bai’s choir (Chinese)- World Journal, October 16, 2022

EPA visits community vegetable gardens in San Francisco (Chinese)- Sing Tao USA, June 29, 2022

Fang Li Bangqin Community Garden has become a model of community friendliness and environmental priority in the United States (Chinese)- People’s Daily, June 29, 2022

San Francisco’s only agricultural land... Fang Libangqin Asian Community Garden Chinese and Africans share (Chinese)- World Journal, June 29, 2022

EPA Awards Florence Fang Community Farm in San Francisco’s Bayview $75,000 Environmental Justice Grant to Increase Food Access- EPA, June 28, 2022

Florence Fang Community Farm offers food, fresh produce, community space in Bayview-Hunters Point- Peninsula Press. May 11, 2022

Famous Chef Uses Fresh Vegetable from FFCF to Cook (Chinese)- World Journal, October 17, 2021

8th Annual Autumn Harvest! (Chinese) - Sing Tao Daily, October 17, 2021

Florence Fang Community Farm holds a Chinese-African Asian Harmonious Cooking Celebration- Sing Tao Daily, October 17, 2021

San Francisco Asian-Africans Celebrates "Harvest Festival" - People’s Daily Online, October 17, 2021

San Francisco’s Largest Community Farm Renamed Florence Fang Community Farm - AP News, September 28, 2020

In Bayview, a new farm aims to take a more equitable spin on California farm-to-table cuisine - SF Chronicle, July 31, 2020

100-Year-Old Bayview Community Garden Grows Food, Understanding, Racial Healing - CBS SF BayArea, July 10, 2020

Caltrain takes stock of its land - The Daily Journal, January 13, 2020

Community Grants to Improve Livability - Public News Service, March 11, 2019

3rd Annual Autumn Harvest Gathering & Ribbon Cutting (Chinese ) - Sing Tao Daily, September 30, 2018

Ribbon Cutting Bayview Growers Market - SF Examiner, September 29, 2018

Bayview Growers Market announcement - Hoodline, August 2, 2018

AARP Announces Challenge Grant Winners - Streets Blog, July 20, 2018

1st Annual Autumn Harvest Gathering - Just One Tree, October 2016

Food Pantry - Medium.com, May 9, 2016

Pantry Opening - SF Food Bank, April 29, 2016

SF's Last Farm - SF Chronicle - March 10, 2016

Bayview_History_Tour_CYC_Brochure -  September 2015

First Harvest – Sing Tao Daily (Chinese) April 12, 2015

First Harvest Press Release – April 8, 2015

First Sprouts - Bayview Footprints – March 12, 2015

Lemon Trees – Just One Tree – March 2015

Garden Update – Bayview Footprints – June 5, 2014

Malia Cohen Newsletter – May 2014

Nancy Pelosi Immigrants Speech – April 25, 2014

Garden History – Bayview Footprints – April 21, 2014

China Daily (Chinese) - April 18, 2014

China News (Chinese) - April 18, 2014

China Press (Chinese) - April 18, 2014

Sing Tao (Chinese) – April 18, 2014

Phoenix News (Chinese) – April 18, 2014

US China News Photos (Chinese) - April 18, 2014

World Journal (Chinese) - April 18, 2014

Photo Scroll – Bayview Footprints – April 17, 2014

Nancy Pelosi Groundbreaking Remarks – April 17, 2014

Press Release - Groundbreaking - April 17, 2014

Chinese In SF Bay (Chinese) – April 15, 2014

SF-Public Utilities Commission Annual Report 2014

E-NEWSLETTERS

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January 25, 2024: Grateful Hearts & Egg-citing News from Florence Fang Community Farm!🐣

December 27, 2023: 4 DAYS LEFT - Double your impact with End-of-Year $10K Donation Match!🌱

December 20, 2023: Double your impact with End-of-Year $10K Donation Match! Plus December Farm-Fresh Updates!🌱🎁

December 5, 2023: Gratitude in Full Bloom, Giving Tuesday Impact🌱

November 27, 2023: Feed Families and Grow Minds this Giving Tuesday, Nov. 28th🌾

November 17, 2023: Harvesting Hope this Giving Tuesday, Nov. 28th

October 20, 2023: Sign Petition & Come to Nov. 4 Community Celebration!

September 19, 2023: Join in the Harvest

August 10, 2023: Savor the Season: Bounties and Thrills at the Farm!

July 6, 2023: It’s Summertime At The Farm!

May 30, 2023: We Had A Great AAPI Heritage Month At FFCF!

April 28, 2023: Earth Day and New Beginnings at FFCF!

March 28, 2023: Celebrating Women's History Month At FFCF!

February 15, 2023: Celebrating Black History Month At FFCF!

January 30, 2023: 🧧 Happy LUNAR NEW YEAR From Your Friends At Florence Fang Community Farm 

December 28, 2022: LAST DAY to make a Matched Donation! 

December 22, 2022: Faces From the Farm

December 14, 2022: Dear Friend of the Farm

November 29, 2022: We Need YOUR Support! Help Feed Families

November 22, 2022: Giving Tuesday at Florence Fang Community Farm!

October 27, 2022: Speaker Nancy Pelosi Returns to the Farm! And You Can Too!

June 3, 2022: Artisanal Tastings at the Farm in June

May 24, 2022: Asian Heritage in May and Artisanal Tastings this June!

April 29, 2022: How do we help the Earth?

March 30, 2022: Girl Power at the Farm!

March 1, 2022: Celebrating Black History Month at the Farm!

February 8, 2022: 🐅We Are the Bayview, Hear Us Roar!🐅

December 31, 2021: LAST DAY to make a Matched Donation!

December 29, 2021: Meet the Farmers: Heart-Warming Stories of the FFCF

December 21, 2021: Dear Friend of the Farm

November 30, 2021: Giving Tuesday is TODAY - Thank you for helping us make a big impact!

November 29, 2021:We need your help! 🙏Feeding Families and Farmers of Color this Giving Tuesday

November 18, 2021: Feed Families this Giving Tuesday with Florence Fang Community Farm!

October 14, 2021: Open Farm Day and Harvest Celebration Announcement!

September 30, 2021: You Make a Difference During Hunger Awareness Month

September 28, 2021: Help FFCF Feed Hungry Families in BVHP!

September 23, 2021: Hunger Awareness Month 2021!

August 26, 2021: Friends at the Farm!

July 29, 2021: Summer Season of Bounty!

June 24, 2021: Meet our Summer Kids!

May 25, 2021: Volunteers of Asian Heritage Month

April 22, 2021: Earth Day: Bringing Bees Back to the Bayview!

March 16, 2021: Announcing our Native Plants and Habitat Restoration Program 🌱

February 12, 2021: 🧧Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Lunar New Year from the FFCF

February 2, 2021: Celebrating Black History Month! News from the FFCF

December 31, 2020: LAST DAY to make a Matched Donation! 😮

December 29, 2020: Meet the Farmers: Heart-Warming Stories of the FFCF

December 22, 2020: Dear Friend of the Farm

December 1, 2020: 😍Make a BIG Impact Growing Food for Families! Giving Tuesday is TODAY!

November 30, 2020: We need your help! 🙏Feeding Families and Farmers of Color this Giving Tuesday

November 19, 2020: Feed Families this Giving Tuesday with Florence Fang Community Farm!

October 7, 2020: 💚Clean Air Day and Giveaways! Week of 10/4 Newsletter

September 25, 2020: The All New Florence Fang Community Farm!

June 30, 2020: Grow with Us Together!

May 5, 2020: Help Feed Seniors and Families with Children

October 15, 2019: Join us this Saturday! Bayview Neighborhood Rebuild

November 27, 2018: #GivingTuesday - Help Us Grow More!

November 20, 2018: #GivingTuesday - Will you remember us next week?

September 14, 2018: Gardening, Food, and Life Entertainment on Saturday, September 29th!

August 2, 2018: Gardening Life & Bayview Growers Market!

September 24, 2016: Autumn Harvest Gathering

September 13, 2016: Celebrate the Autumn Harvest Season!

April 10, 2016: Vote for Our Garden!

September 3, 2015: SF's Asian Community Garden is Growing!

April 3, 2015: Open Garden Day! at Florence Fang Asian Community Garden!

March 12, 2015: Jump In!!! at SF’s Asian Community Garden

February 13, 2015: First Sprouts at SF’s Asian Community Garden!

HISTORY

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March 10, 2016 - Last San Francisco farm's stubborn final years, SF Chronicle

July 8, 1988 – Urban Sprawl Encroaching on Last Farm in SF, Los Angeles Times

March 14, 1963 – Owners Sell Farm in San Francisco, The Gettysburg Times

San Francisco Activist Beaten in the Tenderloin- NBC, November 16, 2022

Celebrated San Francisco activist attacked by group, critically injured- SFGate, November 16, 2022

Pelosi visits Florence Fang Community Farm eight years after GroundBreaking (Chinese)- KTSF 26, October 28, 2022

Pelosi Revisit Fang Li Bangqin Community Farm to witness "Food Sovereignty" (Chinese)- Sing Tao USA, October 16, 2022

Visiting Li Bangqin Farm Pelosi talks about crimes against Asia: Justice will only stop (Chinese)- World Journal, October 16, 2022

Pelosi visits Li Bangqin Community Farm and sings "Friendship Lasts forever" with Professor Bai’s choir (Chinese)- World Journal, October 16, 2022

EPA visits community vegetable gardens in San Francisco (Chinese)- Sing Tao USA, June 29, 2022

Fang Li Bangqin Community Garden has become a model of community friendliness and environmental priority in the United States (Chinese)- People’s Daily, June 29, 2022

San Francisco’s only agricultural land... Fang Libangqin Asian Community Garden Chinese and Africans share (Chinese)- World Journal, June 29, 2022

EPA Awards Florence Fang Community Farm in San Francisco’s Bayview $75,000 Environmental Justice Grant to Increase Food Access- EPA, June 28, 2022

Famous Chef Uses Fresh Vegetable from FFCF to Cook (Chinese)- Wold Journal, October 17, 2021

8th Annual Autumn Harvest! (Chinese) - Sing Tao Daily, October 17, 2021

Florence Fang Community Farm holds a Chinese-African Asian Harmonious Cooking Celebration- Sing Tao Daily, October 17, 2021

San Francisco Asian-Africans Celebrates "Harvest Festival" - People’s Daily Online, October 17, 2021

San Francisco’s Largest Community Farm Renamed Florence Fang Community Farm - AP News, September 28, 2020

In Bayview, a new farm aims to take a more equitable spin on California farm-to-table cuisine - SF Chronicle, July 31, 2020

100-Year-Old Bayview Community Garden Grows Food, Understanding, Racial Healing - CBS SF BayArea, July 10, 2020

Caltrain takes stock of its land - The Daily Journal, January 13, 2020

Community Grants to Improve Livability - Public News Service, March 11, 2019

3rd Annual Autumn Harvest Gathering & Ribbon Cutting (Chinese ) - Sing Tao Daily, September 30, 2018

Ribbon Cutting Bayview Growers Market - SF Examiner, September 29, 2018

Bayview Growers Market announcement - Hoodline, August 2, 2018

AARP Announces Challenge Grant Winners - Streets Blog, July 20, 2018

1st Annual Autumn Harvest Gathering - Just One Tree, October 2016

Food Pantry - Medium.com, May 9, 2016

Pantry Opening - SF Food Bank, April 29, 2016

SF's Last Farm - SF Chronicle - March 10, 2016

Bayview_History_Tour_CYC_Brochure -  September 2015

First Harvest – Sing Tao Daily (Chinese) April 12, 2015

First Harvest Press Release – April 8, 2015

First Sprouts - Bayview Footprints – March 12, 2015

Lemon Trees – Just One Tree – March 2015

Garden Update – Bayview Footprints – June 5, 2014

Malia Cohen Newsletter – May 2014

Nancy Pelosi Immigrants Speech – April 25, 2014

Garden History – Bayview Footprints – April 21, 2014

China Daily (Chinese) - April 18, 2014

China News (Chinese) - April 18, 2014

China Press (Chinese) - April 18, 2014

Sing Tao (Chinese) – April 18, 2014

Phoenix News (Chinese) – April 18, 2014

US China News Photos (Chinese) - April 18, 2014

World Journal (Chinese) - April 18, 2014

Photo Scroll – Bayview Footprints – April 17, 2014

Nancy Pelosi Groundbreaking Remarks – April 17, 2014

Press Release - Groundbreaking - April 17, 2014

Chinese In SF Bay (Chinese) – April 15, 2014

SF-Public Utilities Commission Annual Report 2014

E-NEWSLETTERS

Click on any link below:

July 6, 2023: It’s Summertime At The Farm!

May 30, 2023: We Had A Great AAPI Heritage Month At FFCF!

April 28, 2023: Earth Day and New Beginnings at FFCF!

March 28, 2023: Celebrating Women's History Month At FFCF!

February 15, 2023: Celebrating Black History Month At FFCF!

January 30, 2023: 🧧 Happy LUNAR NEW YEAR From Your Friends At Florence Fang Community Farm 

December 28, 2022: LAST DAY to make a Matched Donation! 

December 22, 2022: Faces From the Farm

December 14, 2022: Dear Friend of the Farm

November 29, 2022: We Need YOUR Support! Help Feed Families

November 22, 2022: Giving Tuesday at Florence Fang Community Farm!

October 27, 2022: Speaker Nancy Pelosi Returns to the Farm! And You Can Too!

June 3, 2022: Artisanal Tastings at the Farm in June

May 24, 2022: Asian Heritage in May and Artisanal Tastings this June!

April 29, 2022: How do we help the Earth?

March 30, 2022: Girl Power at the Farm!

March 1, 2022: Celebrating Black History Month at the Farm!

February 8, 2022: 🐅We Are the Bayview, Hear Us Roar!🐅

December 31, 2021: LAST DAY to make a Matched Donation!

December 29, 2021: Meet the Farmers: Heart-Warming Stories of the FFCF

December 21, 2021: Dear Friend of the Farm

November 30, 2021: Giving Tuesday is TODAY - Thank you for helping us make a big impact!

November 29, 2021:We need your help! 🙏Feeding Families and Farmers of Color this Giving Tuesday

November 18, 2021: Feed Families this Giving Tuesday with Florence Fang Community Farm!

October 14, 2021: Open Farm Day and Harvest Celebration Announcement!

September 30, 2021: You Make a Difference During Hunger Awareness Month

September 28, 2021: Help FFCF Feed Hungry Families in BVHP!

September 23, 2021: Hunger Awareness Month 2021!

August 26, 2021: Friends at the Farm!

July 29, 2021: Summer Season of Bounty!

June 24, 2021: Meet our Summer Kids!

May 25, 2021: Volunteers of Asian Heritage Month

April 22, 2021: Earth Day: Bringing Bees Back to the Bayview!

March 16, 2021: Announcing our Native Plants and Habitat Restoration Program 🌱

February 12, 2021: 🧧Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Lunar New Year from the FFCF

February 2, 2021: Celebrating Black History Month! News from the FFCF

December 31, 2020: LAST DAY to make a Matched Donation! 😮

December 29, 2020: Meet the Farmers: Heart-Warming Stories of the FFCF

December 22, 2020: Dear Friend of the Farm

December 1, 2020: 😍Make a BIG Impact Growing Food for Families! Giving Tuesday is TODAY!

November 30, 2020: We need your help! 🙏Feeding Families and Farmers of Color this Giving Tuesday

November 19, 2020: Feed Families this Giving Tuesday with Florence Fang Community Farm!

October 7, 2020: 💚Clean Air Day and Giveaways! Week of 10/4 Newsletter

September 25, 2020: The All New Florence Fang Community Farm!

June 30, 2020: Grow with Us Together!

May 5, 2020: Help Feed Seniors and Families with Children

October 15, 2019: Join us this Saturday! Bayview Neighborhood Rebuild

November 27, 2018: #GivingTuesday - Help Us Grow More!

November 20, 2018: #GivingTuesday - Will you remember us next week?

September 14, 2018: Gardening, Food, and Life Entertainment on Saturday, September 29th!

August 2, 2018: Gardening Life & Bayview Growers Market!

September 24, 2016: Autumn Harvest Gathering

September 13, 2016: Celebrate the Autumn Harvest Season!

April 10, 2016: Vote for Our Garden!

September 3, 2015: SF's Asian Community Garden is Growing!

April 3, 2015: Open Garden Day! at Florence Fang Asian Community Garden!

March 12, 2015: Jump In!!! at SF’s Asian Community Garden

February 13, 2015: First Sprouts at SF’s Asian Community Garden!

HISTORY

Click on any link below:

March 10, 2016 - Last San Francisco farm's stubborn final years, SF Chronicle

July 8, 1988 – Urban Sprawl Encroaching on Last Farm in SF, Los Angeles Times

March 14, 1963 – Owners Sell Farm in San Francisco, The Gettysburg Times