{"id":1428,"date":"2019-06-11T13:45:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T21:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2019-06-17T14:25:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T22:25:34","slug":"specialty-crop-block-grant-farm-tour-deepseeded-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/?p=1428","title":{"rendered":"Specialty Crop Block Grant Farm Tour – Deepseeded Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“I always have eaten fresh produce, but seeing the farm in person is always a nice reminder of how much better it is,” — Arcata High School Culinary Student<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The\nCalifornia Department of Food and Agriculture Office of Farm to Fork (CDFA-F2F)\nhopes to build meaningful connections between youth and where their food comes\nfrom through organizing a series of farm tour field trips for students\nthroughout the state. Efforts to bring the farm into classrooms have seen\nsuccess in recent years, with initiatives such as school gardens and local\nproduce in school meals gaining popularity. Now, thanks to Specialty\nCrop Block Grant funding, CDFA-F2F <\/a>is working to bring classrooms to the\nfarm. Farm tours are valuable experiences that get students out of their\nclassrooms and into the field to encounter firsthand the work that goes into\ngrowing and harvesting fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CDFA-F2F\nkicked off its series of specialty crop farm tours on California\u2019s North Coast\nwith the help of Erin Derden-Little, Farm to School Coordinator for the\nHumboldt County Office of Education and Regional Lead for the California Farm\nto School Network. On a cloudy February day, a group of culinary students from\nArcata High School visited DeepSeeded Farm<\/a> to learn how a\nspecialty crop farm operates and what kinds of crops were in season. Located within\nthe city of Arcata and only a mile away from Arcata High School, DeepSeeded is a\ndiverse and productive farm offering community supported agriculture (CSA)\nmemberships to Humboldt Bay area households. By using high tunnels and other\nstrategies for season extension, DeepSeeded provides its CSA members with a\nweekly supply of fresh, seasonal produce well into the winter months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmer\nEddie Tanner welcomed the culinary students to his farm and took them on a tour\nof the field. Tanner showed the students which specialty crops were still\ngrowing during the winter season and discussed options for using the seasonal\ncrops in the kitchen. The students then helped harvest cabbage, Brussels\nsprouts, kale and lettuce to use in their culinary activities at school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\nreally enjoyed getting to pick vegetables and learning about all of them\nindividually,\u201d said one student. When asked what they learned on the farm, one\nstudent responded that they were surprised by the amount and variety of produce\nthat’s available during winter. Another student said they could immediately\ntaste the difference of fresh food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay\ntuned for more specialty crop student farm tours in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– CDFA\nFarm to Fork Staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is part of a series\nchronicling the CDFA Office of Farm to Fork\u2019s student farm tours. Made possible\nby Specialty Crop Block Grant funding, these farm tours aim to increase\nstudents\u2019 knowledge of and appreciation for California specialty crops through\ndirect interaction with local specialty crop farmers.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I always have eaten fresh produce, but seeing the farm in person is always a nice reminder of how much better it is,” — Arcata High School Culinary Student The California Department of Food and Agriculture Office of Farm to Fork (CDFA-F2F) hopes to build meaningful connections between youth and where their food comes from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-farm-to-fork-website"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4z2wv-n2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1430,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428\/revisions\/1430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/TalesFromTheField\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}