Camper Activities Gallery
Check out some of our highlights from our 2024 camp season!
2024 Farm Camp Review
As Farm Camp 2024 concludes, we reflect on a season filled with learning, work, and community. The camp brought together campers of various ages and backgrounds, all eager to engage with farming and nature. Each moment was packed with hands-on activities and valuable lessons. We can’t wait to see what next summer brings! A
School Taste Testing
As part of our ongoing outreach initiatives, we've initiated a series of taste test visits for students within PVUSD, ALSD, and MPUSD. This past month we began conducting taste test for the youth in our community. Our goal is to get kids to be adventurous, to learn about a good diet, and gain some
🍓🏕️ Farm Camp Fun: 3-Ingredient Strawberry Sorbet with Campers! 🍦🍓
For other batches, we replaced the honey with a lavender and basil simple syrups. It's equal parts water and sugar brought a boil with herbs picked from the Discovery Garden! Greetings from Farm Camp! 🌱🐔🚜 Our campers have been having an absolute blast learning all about life on the farm and getting
Welcome Summer Staff
We are so excited for our team working Farm Camp this summer! We have hired two new seasonal staff to join us for eight weeks as summer camp counselors. Max Freedman is a Corralitos native and experienced outdoor educator. He has worked in various summer camps, outdoor schools, and education programs, most recently working
Discovery Garden Update!
"As the Autumn wind blows… wait a minute Autumn? Wow we are in our Fall season! Already time has flown by, it feels like I time traveled. So much has happened since Spring from school immersions, summer camp and all the way to 'Applemania'. We went from lettuce harvest all the way to people
Being new to Teaching on the Farm
When I first started doing spring field trips I was a nervous mess. I had little confidence that I was able to do this on my own. It was an amazing experience watching kids have fun and learn more about organic farming and how it benefits the community and our environment. During
Howdy from Ulises!
My name is Ulises Castillo. I am a Watsonville native born and raised. Agriculture has been part of my life since a very young age, growing up my family would take me to work with them in the raspberry fields. I can still remember bringing empty containers and taking full ones in
Weed Upicks, all you can pick
Rain, rain, come again, oh won't you help my plant's life to begin. It's spring again! After a very wet start to the winter we hit a dry spell; nonetheless, farm activities must go on. Without further ado let us begin! Since March we have spaded the field, incorporated compost, listed the beds,
Hello from Denise!
Hello, my name is Denise Bloodsaw and I am the new Education Associate for Farm Discovery at Live Earth! My environmental and outdoor education journey began in 2013. In Connecticut, I volunteered and worked at Mystic Aquarium, educating guests about wildlife conservation and research. My interest in working with animals and kids began the