Welcome to Zenger Farm

We are a working urban farm that models, promotes and educates about sustainable food systems, environmental stewardship, community development and access to good food for all.
Farm Fields and Barn

An Urban Farm

 

With busy Foster Road whizzing by just outside the Zenger Farm gate, first-time visitors may be surprised to find a working urban farm right here in the city. 

 

What We Grow:

At Zenger Farm we grow fouracres of mixed vegetables and fruits, we raise laying hens year-round and turkeys seasonally. We raise bees for the production of honey and the pollination of annual and perennial food crops and we keep a large population of Red Wiggler worms to compost farm waste.

 

How We Grow: 

Using sustainable farm practices, we grow safe and healthy food today, and protect this urban parcel of farmland and the downhill wetland for generations to come. We do not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides, but instead, provide habitat for a diverse population of beneficial insects, and rotate our flock of laying hens throughout the farm fields to control weeds and provide nutrients for the soil. For more information about our farm practices, visit the farm!

 

Where Does the Food Go?

While the average bite of food travels 1500 miles to get from farm to fork, produce grown at Zenger Farm stays right here in Portland. Zenger veggies are sold to local restaurants and to Portland households through Zenger Farm Shares. 

 

Farming Internship Program:  2012 Positions Posted

Farming Interns participate in all aspects of small-farm production, learning to grow annual crops from seed to harvest and care for farm livestock. Apprentices receive on-the-job training and hands-on education throughout the course of the growing season.