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Produce Pop-Up - Spring Quarter
Wednesdays, 11am-3pm at Quarry Plaza and Fridays, 11am-3pm at Science Hill
Affordable organic produce from the UCSC Farm and local farmers, available to students, staff, faculty, and community members! Cash, EBT, Card, and Check accepted. Find us at Quarry Plaza on Wednesdays and outside the Science and Engineering Library on Fridays for spring quarter.
Spring Plant Sale
April 27 & 28, 11am-3pm at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn
Planning your spring garden? Support your campus farm by shopping at the Center for Agroecology's annual Spring Plant Sale! Our high quality organic vegetable, flower, and herb seedlings are grown by staff, students, and volunteers in the UCSC Farm greenhouses.
Organic Rising Film Screening
Friday, May 3, 5pm-9pm at the Rio Theatre
Enjoy a screening of the documentary that demystifies the USDA organic regulatory process and farming methods to allow consumers to make informed choices and to explore avenues of supporting and maintaining a strong and robust agricultural future.
Roses in the Garden
Saturday, May 4, 9am-12:30pm at the Alan Chadwick Garden
Led by our own experienced rose grower and organic gardening instructor Orin Martin, this class will be a lively discussion on growing roses in the home garden, appropriate whether you intend to grow one, 10, or 100 roses. For while scale matters, the basics are the same.
Barn Dance at the Barn
Saturday, May 4, 7-8:30pm at the Hay Barn
Come enjoy a beginner-friendly, gender neutral, darn good time barn dancing to the Celtic Music Ensemble. No partners needed!
Free Guided Tour of the UCSC Farm
Sunday, May 5, 2-3:30pm at the UCSC Farm
Tour the farm's organically managed greenhouses, hand-worked garden beds, orchards, row crop fields, and children's garden, while learning about the history of the site and the basic concepts of organic farming and gardening. Perched on a meadow near the campus entrance, the farm also offers spectacular views of the Monterey Bay.
Volunteer Orientation
Sunday, May 19, 2-3:30pm at the Hay Barn
Join us to learn about Center for Agroecology volunteer opportunities. Enjoy light refreshments and meet other volunteers.
Maisie Ganzler: "You Can't Market Manure at Lunch Time" book talk
Tuesday, May 21, 5:30-7pm at the Hay Barn
Join us for an evening with Maisie Ganzler, author of the newly published book, You Can't Market Manure at Lunch Time, Five invaluable lessons for doing sustainability right, doing it profitably, and getting the credit you deserve. Q&A and book signing to follow the talk (copies of Maisie's book will be available for purchase).
Weekly Farmstand
Thursdays, 12:30-6pm from June 20 to September 26, 2024 at the Hay Barn
Our Farmstand is open to all and features organic vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers grown at the UCSC Farm and Chadwick Garden. Note: Our Farmstand will not occur on July 4, 2024 due to the holiday.