Wednesday, May 23! Strawberry Shortcake Festival at the Farm

Enjoy fresh organic strawberry shortcake, lemonade, and Community Agroecology Network (CAN) coffee as you listen to the bluegrass tunes of the Rolling Cultivators. Proceeds from this event help provide limited-income shares in the farm's Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. $5 donation requested. From 4 pm – 6 pm at the UCSC Farm.

PICA School Garden Workdays

The school gardens of Santa Cruz are some of the best examples of thriving school gardens in the state. Come and help these programs at these upcoming workdays.

Saturday May 12, 10-12
Gault School, 1320 Seabright Avenue, Santa Cruz, 95062
http://www.gault.santacruz.k12.ca.us/
For more information contact Kara Matteis - kara.matteis@gmail.com

Sunday May 20th, 10:00-2:00 - Help build a foundation for a circle bench in the garden.
Sunday May 27th, 10:00-2:00 - Help build the circle bench.
Mt Madonna School, 491 Summit Road, Watsonville, 95076 http://www.mountmadonnaschool.org/index.htm
For more information and carpooling contact Michael Langan - wildenbeast@gmail.com

Saturday June 2nd Branciforte
Small School Campus, 840 N. Brancifort Ave, Santa Cruz, 95062 http://www.b40ssc.santacruz.k12.ca.us/
For more information contact Becca Kennedy - beckenn@gmail.com

Saturday June 3rd
Bay View Elementary School, 1231 Bay Street, Santa Cruz, 95060 http://www.bayview.santacruz.k12.ca.us/
For more information contact - Sarah Wheatley - sarahaw18@yahoo.com

Garden workdays usually include light construction projects, weeding, planting, composting and the such.

UCSC Sustainable Food Systems Spring Tour: From Field to Fork

May 11th from 8:30am-3:00pm

Join us for an engaging day of touring sites and programs at UCSC that remind us of what is possible when collaboration and imagination are grounded in creating a more sustainable food system.

May 26! The Conference on Global Climate Change: Choosing to Face the Crisis

Hosted by the Global Chillers: www.globalchillers.org.

Workshops on Bicycle Maintenance, Biofuels, Sustainable Food Prep, Organic Agriculture, Green Building, Recycling / Waste Prevention, Composting, Political Action, and more!