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Spring Break ON THE FARM

Join us in Spring 2025!

Please reach out to our Educational Programs Director, Rivka Weinstock, for more information.

Come dig your hands in the soil and hang out with our goats!

This renewing week-long retreat will connect you to nature in an urban farm setting. We will explore earth-based Jewish practice, examine local food justice issues, and create opportunities to connect with yourself, others, and the land. Spring Break on the Farm provides an opportunity for university students to slow down, make new friends, and build community through farming, cooking, learning, and practicing Shabbat together.

"Urban Adamah has changed my life forever. I was hesitant to come because it was so out of my comfort zone, but I left with a beautiful new perspective on my life and the earth. Every staff member at Urban Adamah has a special quality that makes it unlike anything I have ever experienced before. Urban Adamah is a sanctuary for every being of nature whether that be the birds, bugs, community, or volunteers. Everyone has a place at Urban Adamah."
AbbyStudent, Tulane University
"Our students returned from Urban Adamah energized in their leadership roles on campus and even more committed to Jewish values of mindfulness, sustainability, and justice. We look forward to coming back again and again."
Michael SimonExecutive Director, Northwestern University Hillel
"My time at Urban Adamah rejuvenated me. It gave me space to connect to others, the earth, and my spirituality. I learned about the importance of food justice in ways I had never seen before. I am excited to take this positive energy back to my regular life."
KatieStudent, Northwestern University Hillel
"This spring break was a renewing retreat back to nature without excluding the outside world. We were able to explore modern topics through a spiritual lens and were able to take a closer look within ourselves in a safe, supportive environment."
AbigailStudent, New York University Hillel
"Amazing. One week of profound connection to land, food, music, and gratitude inspired and grounded our students in so many ways. Our students left well equipped to transpose their UA experience to NYC living. We’ll be back next year."
TaliaEzra Fellow | NYU Bronfman Center for Jewish Life
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What will I learn?

Food & Farming

Sustainable Farming Practices 

Hands-On Experience in the Field 

Local Food Justice Scene

Herbalism & Herbal Medicine

Community Building

Communal Cooking & Meal-Sharing

Teamwork in the Field 

Collective Reflection, Listening & Sharing

Living & Learning Together

Jewish Tradition & Practice

Morning Singing & Mindfulness Practice

Jewish & Ecological Cycles of Time 

Shabbat & Havdalah Ritual

 Jewish Approaches to Climate Action

LOGISTICS

LODGING 

This program takes place at our two-acre urban farm in Berkeley, California. Participants sleep on site in shared rooms in our residence building.

FOOD 

Food at Urban Adamah is delicious, abundant, and vegetarian. Most meals are prepared by students. Some produce used in meals comes from our farm. Food is ingredient kosher, but not necessarily hechshered and not supervised by a mashgiach. If you observe a different level of kashrut, please reach out to our Educational Programs Director so we can meet your needs.

ACCESSIBILITY 

This program contains several hours of manual farm labor per day, and at least one hike on unpaved terrain. The labor and hiking utilizes all parts of our bodies, so those in a wheelchair or with chronic body aches might find these components challenging. That being said, all are welcome to participate and be involved in the ways that are possible for their bodies. We have ADA accessible housing options on site.

SUPERVISION 

One staff chaperone from each university are required to attend. This staff chaperone is integrated in the program team and assists with program support while farming, learning, cooking, and during down time. Chaperones do not pay a participant fee but their full participation and support is required.

COVID-19 PROTOCOLS 

All students and staff are required to be fully vaccinated. Participants and staff are expected to take rapid tests upon arrival which they must bring themselves. Urban Adamah will provide rapid antigen tests on site should the need to test arise during the program. If any students test positive during the week, they will be provided with accommodations on the farm to isolate. Protocols subject to change based on local COVID-19 levels.

Fees & Booking

 FEES


The cost per student for Spring Break on the Farm is $750. * 

The fee covers all food, accommodations, and a full week of dynamic programming. Transportation is not included in the cost of the program, with the exception of transportation between local airports (SFO & OAK) and the farm.

There is a minimum requirement of 12 participants to run the program, with a maximum of 40 participants. Individual university groups must guarantee a minimum of 12 students, or combine with another school to meet this minimum. Urban Adamah may choose to combine groups from different schools that share the same spring break dates. 

*For our 2025 trips, we are partnering with Hillel International to provide $500 subsidies, reducing the program cost to $250 per student. Students are still required to cover their own transportation costs, unless their university’s Hillel provides a travel subsidy.

There is no charge for university staff chaperones.

 BOOKING


We are recruiting schools to join us for the spring of 2025.

If you are a university staff member interested in bringing a group to the farm or if you are an individual interested in joining a trip, please reach out. Email our Educational Programs Director, Rivka Weinstock.

SAMPLE SCHEDULE

WEDNESday
THURSDAY

8:00 – 9:00

9:00 – 9:45

9:45 – 10:00

10:00 – 12:00

12:00 – 1:30 

1:30 – 4:00 

4:00 – 6:00  

6:00 – 7:00 

7:00 – 9:00

Breakfast  

Avodat Lev (morning spiritual practice) 

Break

Herbalism + Herbal Medicine 

Lunch

Homesteading 

Break 

Dinner 

Connecting to land through text & art 

8:00 – 9:00

9:00 – 9:45 

9:45 – 10:00

10:00 – 12:00

12:00 – 1:30

1:30 – 4:00

4:00 – 6:00

6:00 – 7:00

7:00

Breakfast  

Avodat Lev (morning spiritual practice) 

Break 

Food Justice 101  

Lunch

Sadeh (farming) 

Break 

Dinner  

Free evening to explore the SF Bay Area

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