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Student Farm Ecological Garden
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Student Farm Ecological Garden
Okra Party! and Potluck
aka Okra-Chile Cook-off
featuring the African Food Basket Project
Join us to celebrate seasonal abundance and cultural connection. Used all over the country and world in creative and delicious ways, okra is a plant worthy of celebration. Chile peppers too!
This event is free and kid friendly. Please use the link below to let us know if you are planning to come, and if you are interested in volunteering at the event.
>> RSVP & Volunteer Sign Up
Okra Party Activities
- 4:30-5:30 Music, Crafts, & Tour of the African Food Basket Project
- 5:30 Welcome & Introduction of Foods
- 6:00-7:00 Eating & Connecting
- 7-7:30 Closing, Prizes & Share Out
Free Produce Pick-up
If you would like to cook a dish for the potluck using Student Farm produce, the farm will be providing free produce, including okra, chilis (sweet and hot), eggplants, tomatoes, and potatoes. Produce will be available for pickup on the following dates:
- Friday, September 6th, from 1-8pm: Produce will be available in the CSA Lockers just off Extension Center Drive -- look for the trailer and small CSA lockers along the gravel road as you drive west on Extension Center Drive (google map)
- Monday, September 9th, from 12-3pm: Produce will be available at the Farmstand just off Extension Center Drive -- look for white pop-up tents (google map)
- Tuesday, September 10th, from 10am-1pm: Produce will be available in the Student Farm Field House
If produce is gone when you arrive, please try to come to the next pickup time - we will restock!
Share Your Recipes
We plan to compile recipes (or rough notes!) to share the Okra Party and Potluck. If you already know what you’re cooking and are willing to share your recipe beforehand, please email it to kekurtz@ucdavis.edu. Otherwise, please bring your recipe to the event, along with your dish! "Recipes" can be informal, handwritten, downloaded - whatever you want to share - and there is no obligation to share your recipe.
** There is currently construction on Extension Center Drive. Plan to arrive to the Student Farm by driving south on Orchard Park Drive from Russel Blvd or Blue Ridge Rd. You cannot turn onto Extension Center Drive from Hutchison
