Farm Harvest Festival 2012
Celebrate the beginning of fall with our second annual Farm Harvest Festival at Squire Valleevue Farm! Guests will have an opportunity to see what our Farm Food Program has produced for Bon Appétit and all of our cafés on campus.
Where: Squire Valleevue Farm @ 37125 Fairmount Blvd. Hunting Valley
When: Saturday, October 6, 2012
Time: noon to 6 p.m.
Location: Download a map of festival events [PDF, 235KB]
Buses will be leaving from Thwing Center, beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Cost: The event is free for students and guests. Food will be free for students with a Case ID. Guests will be charged a $5 fee for food and drinks. The menu will include vegetarian chili, apples, apple cider, roasted vegetables and fresh salads made with farm produce. Proceeds from the event will benefit the USG Student Sustainability Council.
Activities will include hayrides, small bonfires to cook s'mores, a tall grass maze, music, dancing, planting in the high tunnel hoop house, fresh food cooking demonstrations, cookie decorating, bee keeping, berry farming, and planting your own herbs.
In previous years, the event was sponsored by the University Student Goverment (USG) executive board, University Program Board (UPB), the University Farm Administration, the Sustainability Alliance, Division of Student Affairs, Campus Services, Campus Planning, Fowler Center, Bon Appétit, Spruceberry Farm, Hockey's Heights Honey, Human Resources, College of Arts and Science Dean Office. Special thanks to the USG Student Sustainability Council, farm staff and Office of Student Affairs for organizing our previous Harvest Festivals.
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The purpose of the Farm Food Program is to grow food at the University Farm to supply locally grown and fresh vegetables to the campus dining rooms. The goals of this initiative are to provide new educational opportunities to faculty and students, study local food production in a sustainable way using mostly organic methods, and deliver fresh food and herbs to the campus—and eventually to the area surrounding the farm.