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Harvest Festival
October 18 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
- 11:12pm–12:00pm: White Hawk Indian Council for Children
- 12:30–1:40pm: Sambada
- 2–3pm: Ancestree
- Apple pressing for cider
- Pumpkin and produce sales
- Apple pie baking contest (more details here)
- Face painting
- Pumpkin painting
- Bouquet making
- Tractor rides
- 1:45pm Medicinal Plant Walk with Darren Huckle (meet at Louise Cain Gatehouse near main stage)
- and more!
- 11:10am Land Acknowledgement at the LifeLab Amphitheater before the White Hawk Dancers
- 12:20-12:50pm Intro to AIRC and PoCSC, ice breakers, and pie eating contest (Farm Center)
- 12:50-1:35pm Arts & Crafts at the Farm Center
- 12:50-1:35pm Farm Tour (meet at Farm Center)
- 2:10-2:45pm Guest Speaker and Story Telling Time (Farm Center)
Please do not harvest any of the crops on the farm during your visit. The crops grown on the farm feed students in need and support our research and programming. We encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle to save plastic and stay hydrated! Pets are not allowed on the UC Santa Cruz campus (with the exception of service animals). The Harvest Festival is presented by the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology, the Food Systems Working Group, Measure 43 and Life Lab.
Cost: $5 for general public; free entry for current students of UCSC, Hartnell and Cabrillo College, Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden members, and children under 12. Cash preferred at the entrance gate or you may pre-purchase an entry ticket.
Interested in volunteering at this event? Fill out our volunteer interest form!
Transportation and parking: We encourage carpooling, walking, biking, or taking the bus if you are able to! Parking will be available in UCSC Lot 104 (East Remote Lot); a complimentary shuttle will transport attendees to the back gate of the farm every 10-15 minutes. The shuttle will run from 10:45am to 3:30pm. No shuttle service in parking lots 116/117; no festival parking in Village Lot 168 except ADA parking.
Contact agroecology@ucsc.edu with questions or requests for accomodations.
Photo-Jim Clark