Santa Barbara County Farm Day

Santa Barbara County Farm Day is back with in-person open farm tours on Saturday September 18. This year's theme is "Know The Essential Hands That Feed You." Visitors can use a new online Farm Day Trail Map to build a custom itinerary to navigate between growers and curated tour routes throughout the Santa Maria Valley. The public will experience a day of agricultural activities farm tours and giveaways plus meet the local farmers who grow the food they eat. Farm Day is free to attend. Tour hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participating growers include Babé Farms Bonipak Produce Main Street Produce Riverbench Vineyard & Winery (more to come). Santa Barbara County Farm Day is organized by the nonprofit Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture (SEEAG). SEEAG’s mission is to help children understand the farm origins of their food through classroom agricultural and nutrition education and free farm field trips. For a list of participating farms visit www.SantaBarbaraCountyFarmDay.com or call 805-901-0213. Also mark your calendars for the ninth annual Ventura County Farm Day taking place November 6.

Host or Publisher Diane Zakian Rumbaugh