The Greenhouse Project

Urban agriculture is essential to a sustainable future for our cities. 

The Greenhouse Project (TGP) is working to develop Portola Farm, a permanent, community-centered urban agricultural hub at 770 Woolsey, the site of San Francisco’s last remaining historic greenhouses. Motivated by the need for meaningful engagement with our environment, and an understanding of how food systems fit in, the project is designed as a strong local response to climate change. Drawing from extensive community input, the farm will be a platform for collaborative, visionary engagement around food, agriculture, and environmental stewardship in San Francisco.

With the support of SF Parks Alliance, in collaboration with Friends of 770 Woolsey, and equipped with a rigorous feasibility study and legally enforceable property right, TGP is engaged in a $25M capital campaign to purchase and transform the site into a publicly accessible working farm. Portola Farm will foster vital connections between cultures, to land, and to food, promoting a more sustainable and humane city and serving as a responsive, everyday resource for Portola residents and beyond. It will be:

• A self-sustaining operation that will generate revenue via its in-ground and greenhouse production of food, flowers, and seedlings, for sale to residents, restaurants, and markets.
• A social enterprise that will increase access to fresh produce, provide land security for a commercial urban farm, and generate new jobs and training opportunities through agricultural workforce development.
• A permanent community asset that strengthens connections between San Francisco’s diverse residents across cultures and generations.
• An educational hub that will serve thousands of visitors of all ages every year, fostering relationships to land and providing opportunities to engage with the complexities of our food system.