News from Pie Ranch
August 05, 2008
EPA, Meet Pie Ranch!
In early July, 48 students from Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto joined us for two days on the Ranch. Soon to enter their freshman year of high school, the youth had time to get to know each other, take part in farm work, prepare meals, and make pie, of course! Nancy & farm apprentices, Caleb, Sky, Dede, and Forest led the group through different farm activities including harvesting Sonora wheat, ripe red strawberries, and tasty ollalieberries, milking goats, collecting eggs, cleaning out the old horse barn, and weeding the hedgerow. Groups of four students at a time helped the cooking instructor extraordinaire, Megan Hanson, prepare nutritious & delicious meals, which included various combinations of ingredients harvested from the farm.
Posted by Pie Ranch at 12:35 AM
“Land Trusts can help in keeping farmland more affordable, but we need enterprising young farmers interested in growing a healthy diversity of crops for local markets. This project has the potential to attract such energy.”
– Walter T. Moore
Vice President, Peninsula Open Space Trust
“Having lived here and farmed for over three decades, I respect our new Pie Ranchers efforts to become both part of the legacy and team players in the neighborhood. I look forward to working with them.”
– Na do Muzzi, R. Rossi Company