Wow, what a turn out at our Harvest Festival on October 21st! We welcomed 650 guests to the farm, where they pressed apple cider, took tractor rides, jammed with MOSO, Musical Me and the Down Beets, did yoga with Luma Yoga and Watsonville Yoga, Dance & Healing Arts, decorated pumpkins, got their face painted, and visited with our Pygmy goats. Thank you
Farm dog 'Moonshine' keeps Calabasas Elementary 1st graders occupied while waiting for their apple cider Farm Discovery is saying goodbye to summer programs and welcoming in students on the farm to discover fall! The best season of the year, in my opinion! We are busy with lots of schools coming out to the
This spring we are excited to welcome Alyssa Coke as our new Administrative Assistant. With a family background in organic farming, Alyssa comes to Farm Discovery with experience in agriculture, graphic design and events. When she’s not at Farm Discovery, she enjoys gardening, cooking, hiking, and spending time with her family. Save Save
We have had a packed May at Farm Discovery. We have had three spring farm immersions with Waldorf schools in the area, and one High School Service trip. These third graders come to stay and work on the farm for 3 days, and 2 nights. We had these students help setting up irrigation, mulching, harvesting,
It’s finally starting to feel like spring! We kicked off our spring season last week and we are hoping to leave this very wet winter behind. Although I don’t think we are free from the rains just yet, it’s at least nice to feel some sunshine and heat. It has been
Summer Day Camps in 2016 went great. We had more campers than ever and thanks to generous donors and partner organizations we were able to offer more scholarships and financial aide to local kids who otherwise wouldn’t get the chance. Thank you Pajaro Valley Shelter Services, Second Harvest Food Bank, CASA, Loaves and Fishes, and
Hayley Reitman is the newest addition to Farm Discovery at Live Earth! Hayley graduated with a degree in Environmental Studies from CSU Monterey Bay, focusing on sustainable communities in 2014. She has been working in nonprofits since 2010 with experience in environmental education, habitat restoration, community food programs and sustainable agriculture. Hayley is extremely excited
We are so pleased to welcome our new Development Coordinator, Tara Walker. She has already had many successes in getting her own network of friends and family connected to Farm Discovery. A longtime Santa Cruz resident, Tara has more than 12 years of development experience including several years doing donor stewardship at UC Santa Cruz.
This Spring Field Trip season 12 different schools, over 32 classes and more than 650 students became farmers with us for a day or more. They learned to grow food and what they can do to participate in the food system in a positive way. Specifically they learned to sort their lunch waste and what
Williams Colleges students help build a compost pile. In January Farm Discovery hosted students from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts for two weeks of working and studying sustainable farming at Live Earth Farm. Their work in the fields lead to high level discussions about the serious issues surrounding our food system. The students explored
