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September 25, 2008

Celebrate autumn at the Harvest Festival October 4

By Jennifer McNulty (831) 459-2495; jmcnulty@ucsc.edu

The days are getting shorter, so it must be time for the annual Harvest Festival at UC Santa Cruz, where crowds gather for live music, hayrides, cooking demonstrations, and more.

The festival will take place at the UCSC Farm on Saturday, October 4, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free for kids 12 and under and for members of the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden; adult admission is $5; UCSC students pay $3 with ID or get in free with a coupon from the Campus Food Guide.

Highlights of the day include a forum on sustainability in the food system, a cooking workshop featuring a three-course feast complete with vegan ice cream, and the ever-popular apple pie bake-off. Other highlights include walking tours of the UCSC Farm, an apple talk and tasting, and fun activities for children, include pumpkin painting, storytelling, and face painting. See below for a full schedule of the day's events.

The Harvest Festival is cosponsored by CASFS and the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden with the generous financial support of Veritable Vegetable, New Leaf Community Markets, and Stonyfield Yogurt.

For directions to the UCSC Farm, call (831) 459-4140. Free parking will be available at the Physical Plant and Barn Theater parking lots, and a free shuttle will be available.

2008 Harvest Festival Schedule

Music on the Main Stage

11 a.m. - noon. Rhythm Rangellers

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Kevin DiNoto Trio

1:45 - 3 p.m. Rolling Cultivators

3:15 - 5 p.m. Bean Creek

Workshops and Activities

11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Apple tasting

Noon and 4 p.m. Walking Tours of the Farm

12:30 p.m. Apple Pie Contest Bake-Off entry deadline

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Food for Thought Forum entitled Sustainability in the Food System: What Does it Look Like and How Do We Get There?

1 p.m. - 2 p.m. Cooking Workshop and Demonstration: A three-course fall feast and vegan ice cream with 2008 Farm apprentices Erin Harvey and Adelaide Baker

2 p.m. - 3:15 Cooking Workshop & Demonstration: Cooking fresh from the garden with
Jamie Smith of Terra Fresca

2:30 - 4 p.m. The Apple Family Tree: A talk and apple tasting with Orin Martin, manager of the Alan Chadwick Garden, and Matthew Sutton of Orchard Keepers

2:30 p.m. Apple Pie Contest Bake-Off winners announced

3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Herb Talk/Walking Tour with herbalist and acupuncturist Darren Huckle

Official Rules for the 2008 Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden Apple Pie Bake-Off

(Note: Entry deadline is 12:30 p.m.; winners will be announced at 2:30 p.m.)

1. The Friends of Farm & Garden Apple Pie Bake-Off is a nonprofessional baking competition open to Harvest Festival attendees (entry to the Harvest Festival is $5; Friends of the Farm & Garden members and children 12 and under are free).
2. Contestants are responsible for submitting a written (preferably typed) recipe with their pie.
3. Contestants are responsible for supplying all ingredients and baking the pie prior to bringing it to the bake-off.
4. All entries in this contest must be homemade.
5. A representative of the Friends of the Farm & Garden will assign each contestant a number. Contestants should verify that the number on the bottom of their container is the same number assigned by the representative.
6. Contestants' entries are judged 70 percent on taste and 30 percent on presentation, creativity, and composition.
7. The decision of the judges shall be final.

All pies must be entered by 12:30 p.m. at the Farm & Garden Harvest Festival, UCSC Farm. Awards will be presented at 2:30 p.m. For additional copies of the bake-off rules, contact Joan Tannheimer at (831) 459-3240.

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