Evening seeds farm programs

September 22, 2016 at 1:00 a.m.

by Carin Schoppmeyer

Shiyann Mullins (from left), Bryan Navarro, Chloe Lakey, Alexa Manjarrez and Leah Swinson — all summer camp participants with LifeSource International — harvest kale in July, as they participated in a “Farm to Table” activity at the Apple Seeds Farm in Fayetteville. The campers picked vegetables from the garden, prepared and ate garden burritos, with salsa, kale chips and a cucumber-mint drink. An “Evening at the Farm” on Oct. 1 will help support the farm’s educational programs.
Shiyann Mullins (from left), Bryan Navarro, Chloe Lakey, Alexa Manjarrez and Leah Swinson — all summer camp participants with LifeSource International — harvest kale in July, as they participated in a “Farm to Table” activity at the Apple Seeds Farm in Fayetteville. The campers picked vegetables from the garden, prepared and ate garden burritos, with salsa, kale chips and a cucumber-mint drink. An “Evening at the Farm” on Oct. 1 will help support the farm’s educational programs.

Apple Seeds Teaching Farm hosts the third annual "An Evening at the Farm" on Oct. 1 at the farm, 1699 Hillcrest Ave. in Fayetteville.

Kyra Ramsey, co-executive director, said last year's benefit sold out and yielded more than $20,000, which helped the farm make a down payment on new property near Gulley Park in Fayetteville. A shuttle at 4:30 p.m. on the day of the event will take event visitors to the new teaching farm location at Gulley Park before returning to the Apple Seeds farm for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres curated by Bryan Hembree. Case Dighero of Eleven at Crystal Bridges and Jerrmy Gawthrop of Greenhouse Grille will prepare a four-course dinner over open flame.

An Evening at the Farm

What: Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, farm tour, four-course dinner

When: 4:30 p.m.

Where: Apple Seeds teaching farm in Fayetteville

Tickets: $125

Information: kyra@appleseedsnwa.….

Apple Seeds works with area schools to help start gardening clubs; school garden education; student-run farmers markets, selling student-grown produce at their schools; and healthy snack classes. Last year, the teaching farm worked with more than 5,300 Northwest Arkansas students through school- and farm-based educational programs.

Work has begun at the Gulley Park location, with the goal of opening its gates in spring 2017.

-- CARIN SCHOPPMEYER

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NAN Our Town on 09/22/2016

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