The Farm & Garden Apprenticeship
Program grows new farmers at the 25-acre teaching farm and 3-acre
garden of the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems
(CASFS) on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus.
To mail in a donation or contact
us:
Grow a Farmer
CASFS Farm, UCSC
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: (831) 459-3240
Fax: (831) 459-2799
E-mail: growafarmer@ucsc.edu
Please make checks to the UCSC Foundation, with “Apprenticeship
Kitchen”
in memo line.
NEWS!
Apprentice Networking Meeting at Eco Farm: January 22, 2010.
Read more here.
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The
"Grow a Farmer" Campaign
Help Cultivate the
Next Generation of Organic Farmers & Gardeners
at the UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden
There’s a revolution underway as people across
the country and around the world reject industrial food and farming in
favor of local, organic, community-scale systems.
This revolution will succeed only if there are enough farmers with
the training and knowledge to produce and market fresh, delicious organic
food while caring for the land and community in which they work.
The "Grow a Farmer" Campaign
is meeting that challenge head on by supporting the Apprenticeship
Program at UC Santa Cruz. This internationally known program has trained
more than 1,300 new organic farmers and gardeners over the last 42
years. Many of them have started their own training and apprenticeship
programs on farms and at urban agriculture projects to share their
knowledge. Demand for the Apprenticeship is at an all-time
high, with 187 applicants vying for 39 positions in the 2010 program. Learn how you can help
support the Apprenticeship as we grow the next generation of farmers.
Read more about the "Grow a Farmer" Campaign.
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The Farm Center
Kitchen Fund
Now that we’ve secured the Apprenticeship’s organic
training program with permanent housing, we need to make some
major facilities upgrades at our 25-acre teaching farm. Our highest
priority is the renovation of the Farm Center’s kitchen,
where daily meals are prepared by and for the farmers-in-training.
Find out more about this campaign to raise $25,000 for a certified
kitchen for fueling farmers and teaching farm fresh cooking.
Give to the Farm Center Kitchen Fund by making an online donation at
our secure site. You will be directed to the UCSC giving
page. 100% of your gift will go to the Farm Kitchen project,
but please skip the scroll-down menu, and write in "Apprenticeship
Kitchen" where
it asks what you would specifically like to support.
Our Farm Center Kitchen needs an extreme
makeover! Be part of
the $1K Kitchen Club and see your name, company, or group listed
below. You can’t get a better Farm-to-Kitchen connection
than this!
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