We had our first home school group of the school year last month. We were blown away by how many people want to be a part of our group! As of now, we have 32 families signed up for our September-December monthly meetings! This year, we have decided to shape each meeting around a specific [...]
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."
This is an incredibly beautiful month on the farm and in the fields. The weather is cool and crisp--just like a good apple! The mighty apple is a very important cash crop in our area with a long history. Apples are extremely versatile and can be eaten fresh off the tree, baked into countless varieties of [...]
We are bringing back the pie-baking contest to the 2013 LEFDP Harvest Festival. Compete with the finest CSA and farming community members in the Monterey Bay area. Show off your baking skills and become a hero of this year’s festival. ; ) Anyone can be a judge. This year we are having a raffle to [...]
On October 26th, the Live Earth Farm Discovery Program will celebrate harvest on the farm. This family friendly farm event will feature apple picking, pumpkin decorating, a pie contest, face painting, tractor rides, apple cider pressing, a hay bale fort and The Banana Slug String Band. Celebrate the harvest on your local, organic farm. Watsonville, [...]
We are so grateful to EVERYONE who contributed to making Slice, our dinner in the orchard, a success. It is only thanks to everyone’s contributions that we are able to make the cash contributions go so far. So thank you sponsors, auction donors, guests, growers, wine makers, artisans, chefs, student decorators, center piece makers, photographers, [...]
The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon. -Maria Montessori
There were many delicious dishes served at this year's Discovery Program fall fundraiser, but one of the crowd pleasers was this delightful apple crisp made by our Food What?! youth group. There are so many types of apples on the farm this fall, just take your pick and make this crisp! Apple Crisp From the [...]
Happy Fall! This past weekend we celebrated the autumn equinox, which is derived from "equal night" meaning that we experience about the same amount of daylight and night time during the spring and autumn equinox, but in the spring the days get longer and in fall the days get shorter. Fall is my absolute favorite [...]
On November 4th, Discretion Brewing will host Love Monday for the Live Earth Farm Discovery Program. 20% of the days beer sales will go to LEFDP to support hands-on farm based education and nutrition programs for local youth. The Live Earth Farm Discovery Program will be featured in the Discretion Brewing Love Monday program on [...]
