From the Soil: Viticulture for the Culture

Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 11 a.m.

b'On a steep hillside in San Francisco\\u2019s St. Mary\\u2019s Park, nestled between the Alemany Apartments, the 280 Freeway and the Bernal Heights Neighborhood, there\\u2019s a wine vineyard that doubles as a teaching tool.\\nA patch of land adjacent to Alemany Farm\\xa0is being cultivated by Christopher Renfro and Jannea Tschirch, the co-founders of\\xa0The 280 Project.\\nTheir aim is to use public land to grow crops and introduce people to the world of agriculture, with a specific focus on getting young African-American residents of San Francisco interested in viticulture.'