September 22, 1995 Contact: Jennifer McNulty (408/459-2495)

UC SANTA CRUZ FARM HOSTS SECOND ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL OCTOBER 14

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA CRUZ, CA--Good food, live music, great raffle prizes, and games for children are just a few of the reasons to visit the second annual Harvest Festival at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Saturday, October 14. The event will be held at the 25-acre Farm on the UCSC campus.

The festival was such a success last year that organizers decided to have more fun by extending the hours this year to 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Other activities include gardening workshops, a winter squash tasting, tours of the Farm, and a plant and produce sale. Admission to the festival is $2; admission is free for children under twelve and members of the Friends of the UCSC Farm and Garden, which is sponsoring the event.

Bluegrass music will be provided by Harmony Grits from 12 to 2 p.m., followed by Mariposa, an acoustic folk duet, that will take the stage from 2 to 4 p.m.

Three workshops will appeal to gardeners: Orin Martin will help you prepare for winter with his talk at noon called "Putting the Garden to Bed," which will feature cover crop techniques and other steps to take before the mercury drops; entomologist Sean Swezey will discuss biological pest control strategies for backyard gardeners at 1:30 p.m.; and Christof Bernau will introduce perennials and native plants that make a nice show in garden borders. His talk begins at 3 p.m.

Local merchants have pitched in again this year by contributing to a raffle that will help fund scholarships in UCSC's Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture. The apprenticeship is a six-month training course in organic farming and gardening that is sponsored by UCSC's Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. Raffle prizes include $100 gift certificates from Integrand Design and Smith and Hawken; $50 gift certificates from Gabriella Cafe and Cafe Bittersweet; and $25 gift certificates from Food Bin and San Lorenzo Lumber Company.

Raffle tickets cost $2 each or six for $10; they will be available at the festival, as well as at the produce cart at the High Street entrance of campus on Tuesdays and Fridays from noon to 6 p.m.

Fresh-squeezed apple juice will be available for sipping, and organically grown produce will be available for purchase, including dry-farmed tomatoes, sweet corn, winter squash, salad greens, and pumpkins. Farm tours will be available, and proceeds from a bake sale will also go toward the apprenticeship scholarships.

For more information, call (408) 459-4140.

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