"Back
40" Celebration
2007 marks the 40th year of organic training for apprentices
at the UCSC Farm & Garden. To honor this milestone and showcase the
work of four decades of Apprenticeship alumni, we hosted a weekend
celebration at UC Santa Cruz, July 27–29, 2007.
Read more here
about the celebration, and see the July
29 and August
8 entries from Tana Butler's blog about the event. Stay tuned to
this site for photos,
listservs from networking sessions, and other information about the
"Back 40" gathering.
Read Orin Martin's remarks
from the Friday evening reception.
Many thanks to our event sponsors for their support –
Back 40 Visionaries
Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden
New Leaf Community Markets
Stonyfield Farm
Veritable Vegetable
Back 40 Seed Sowers
Chromagraphics
Driscoll's
Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply
Back 40 Cultivators
Boyce-Abel Associates & Family Land Consulting
Clif Bar Family Foundation
Heath and Lejeune
Straus Family Creamery
Benefactors
Coffeetopia
Diamond Organics
Sustainers
Albert's Organics
Falcon Trading Company
The Garden Company
Joni Janecki and Associates
Johnny's Selected Seeds
McEvoy Ranch
New Natives
Organic Valley
Renee's Garden Seeds
Ristorante Avanti
Seeds of Change
Barry Swenson Builders
Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
Other 40th anniversary events are being planned throughout
2007,
including some special 40th anniversary editions of Friends of the
UCSC Farm & Garden events.
Plan to join us for a special 40th anniversary edition of the Harvest
Festival at the Farm on October 6, and see the Other 40th Anniversary News
link (left) for more news related to the 40th Anniversary.
