Fresh produce from Freewheelin' Farm. Photo credit: Anne Hammersky
Freewheelin’ Farm is hosting its 5th annual Harvest Party and Art Show from noon to sunset Sunday October 23 at the farm near Santa Cruz. The event sounds like fun for the whole family, as there will be great food, live music, kids activities, and farm tours.
Food selections will include wood-fired pizza, dishes from The Truck Stop, and dessert from Penny Ice Creamery. Drinks will include wine and organic draft beer.
More than 20 Bay Area artists are displaying their work, and Santa Cruz bands Audiafauna and The Bluetail Flies will perform.
The organic farm is located five miles north of Santa Cruz off Highway 1. Directions from Santa Cruz: Take Highway 1 north 5 miles from town to the second Scaroni Rd. turn-off. Turn left, and follow the signs for parking.
The suggested donation is $5 to $20. Call (831) 332-6816 for more information.
Unfamiliar with Freewheelin’? It covers eight acres and has supplied organic produce to restaurants, and to residents through a CSA program, since 2002. Freewheelin’ uses bicycles to deliver shares to CSA members’ homes and to pick-up sites (hence its name). If a CSA customer selects to pick up the weekly bounty at one of the farm’s pick-up stands, they get to pick and choose what they like as these stands are set up like “mini farmers markets.” The farm grows approximately 30 crops each season, and offers sliding scale and monthly payment options to encourage people with varying income levels to participate in its CSA. Freewheelin’s three farm partners — Darryl Wong, Amy Courtney, and Kirstin Yogg — are graduates of UC Santa Cruz’ Apprenticeship Program at The Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.
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