2013 Summer Farm Dinner Series
Spend a lovely evening on the farm, sharing a meal prepared from veggies and fruit grown right in the fields you will be dining in.
Our farm dinners (purchase tickets HERE) have been so much fun the last few years that we are going to do it again this year! This summer we will host three more dinners held in our fields and orchards. Each one has its’ own flavor and feel due to the seasonal changes on the farm and the what’s in the fields.
For each dinner, we collaborate with local chefs to create menus that highlight what is in season and abundant on the farm at that time. You’ll share the table with friends and family and make new friends as we dine, family style, in the fields and under the trees for a magical evening.
The evening starts with a welcome reception and a chance to catch up with old friends and to introduce yourself to new ones. Once everyone has arrived, we head out on a tour of the farm led by farmer Jeff Larkey. Jeff has been farming in Santa Cruz for over 20 years and has a lot of knowledge about the history of the lands that he farms. The tour will wind its’ way through the fields and orchards to the site of our dinner. As the afternoon melds into evening we will feast on several courses prepared right in the fields ending with a wonderful dessert.
Our featured winery for each of the dinners is Odonata Wines from the Westside of Santa Cruz. Winemaker Denis Hoeys’ wines pair wonderfully with the various menus our chefs have created for our field dinners. He is always on hand to share information about his wines and how he came to be a winemaker. We’ve even been so lucky that he’s debuted new varietals at our dinners before releasing them to the public. It’s a great partnership!
JUNE 30 @ Ocean St. Extension-Chef Santos Majano of Soif Restaurant & Wine Bar.… Read the rest
2013 Summer CSA registration now open.
We are excited to announce that we will have a new CSA pick up location on the Summit for our 2013 Summer CSA that begins on May 28th and goes until Dec. 4th. The new site with be a mile from the Hwy. 17 exit/entrance on the Summit towards Soquel.
Registration is currently open for the Summer season as well as the remaining weeks of the Winter season (ends on April 16th). A new Ben Lomond pick up site is also up and running! It will be the same pick up site for the Summer CSA as well.
What’s better than getting a box of organic and local veggies once a week throughout the summer and fall months? Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy the best produce that Santa Cruz has to offer. We offer two share sizes: individual and family. An individual share comes out to $15/week and a family share comes out to $25/week. More detailed information can be found under the CSA tab above.
We will have 8 pick up sites through out Santa Cruz County and 1 on the Summit in Santa Clara County. Please visit the CSA tab for a listing of sites.
If you are interested in being a site host at a new location, please call our office (426-1075) and we will let you know what we are looking for. Thank you!
2013 Winter CSA Now-April 16th
Registration for our 2013 Winter CSA is now open! What’s better than getting a box of organic and local veggies once a week throughout the winter and spring months?
Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy the best produce that Santa Cruz has to offer. We offer two share sizes: family and individual. An individual share comes out to $15/week and a family share comes out to $25/week. More detailed information can be found under the CSA tab.
We currently have 7 pick up sites through out the county. Please visit the CSA tab for a listing of sites. *Please note that there is a new location for the Scotts Valley site. We are also hoping to start a Ben Lomond pick up site. If you are interested in BL please give us a call before registering. We are very excited to be able to offer our CSA to more folks throughout the county!
If you are interested in signing up for our 2013 Winter season, please visit our registration site. Even though the season has already started, you may still sign up. The price will be pro-rated for the weeks remaining in the season. If you have any questions please give us a call and we would be happy to help, 426-1075.
If you are interested in being a site host at a new location, please call our office and we will let you know what we are looking for. Thank you!
The work now continues on the ideals of Prop. 37
We are disappointed that Prop. 37 did not pass but are very, very happy about the attention it brought to the issue of GMO’s in our food supply. Santa Cruz County residents voted 65.6% in favor of the proposition! Statewide, 47% voted in favor, not too bad of a margin considering the opposition spent over five times the amount of money to defeat the proposition as the Yes on 37 campaign did.
The defeat of the proposition has only strengthened the resolve of citizens nationwide to continue working on getting food products that contain GMO’s labeled. The folks at Just Label It! have started a petition to the Food and Drug Administration asking for mandatory labeling. There are over a million signers already. You can visit their site to add your name to the petition and make your voice heard.
Other states are working on their own initiatives as well. Citizens in Washington State are gathering signatures to push a labeling initiative in 2013. There is also speculation that Maine, Oregon, and New Mexico will see labeling bills in their statehouses soon. The defeat of Prop. 37 in California was only a setback, as evidenced by the number of other states stepping into the realm of mandating the labeling of GMO’s.
Over fifty countries in the world require the labeling of foods containing GMO’s. Currently, the United States does not require companies to label their products as such. We believe that consumers have the right to know what is in their food and to be able to decide if they want to buy it for themselves and their families.
One of the requirements of being a certified organic farm is that we cannot use GMO seeds in our operation, not that we would ever want to. So you can rest assured that when you purchase fruit, veggies, herbs or flowers from Route 1 Farms, you are not eating any GMO foods. Californians are leading the way with this proposition and we stand behind and with them 100%.… Read the rest
Summer Farm Dinner Series
Thank you to everyone who attended one of our farm dinners this summer. We hosted three dinners this season in our fields and had lots of fun doing it.
If you weren’t able to join in this year, no need to worry as we will be doing three more next summer. Please visit the ‘News & Events’ tab of our website in Spring 2013 for the announcement of dates and guest chefs.
Food Activisim
We support a number of educational and activist groups that are dedicated to the issues of a sustainably grown food supply and food systems. It is encouraging to see so many people taking active steps towards a more affordable, safe, socially just, ecologically and financially sustainable food supply. If you want to learn more about what’s going on, visit some of these groups: Yes on Prop. 37, Slow Food Santa Cruz, Local FATT, GMO-Free Right to Know Santa Cruz, Food Democracy Now, Edible Monterey Bay, The Ecological Farming Association, and Civil Eats.… Read the rest