Join us to learn how to make not-your-mama's sweet potatoes, Brussel sprouts, stuffing and seasonal salad. Learn tips and tricks from professional chef Jill Barton. Learn more and register today.
Join Vanessa Bolden of Riviera Bread for a beginner-level workshop covering the basics of sourdough bread baking. Learn how to start and maintain a wild yeast sourdough culture, guides for flour selection, techniques for mixing, shaping, and baking loaves, and suggested recipes and uses for surplus starter and stale bread. Learn more and register. To…
Join Educator and Chef Cathleen Kargard of Wild Flours Kids Kitchen for a festive plant-based cooking class to help ring in the New Year! Register today. Cathleen will share her family's favorite holiday inspired plant-based side dish and dessert. The class will include botanically inspired recipes using seasonal, locally–sourced, and native ingredients to Santa Barbara…
Join the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service of California for their seventh Annual Latino Farmer Conference. They will be hosting a series virtual webinars. You can look forward to a series of informative presentations, virtual farm visits, and opportunities to network with other farmers, farm educators, and sponsors. Learn more and register today.
Join to learn more about how the act of producing food at community gardens is rooted in social justice. This workshop will provide introductory information about how people have been reclaiming their relationships with the land in order to feed themselves. Sign up and learn more.
Join the Edible Campus Program for an introduction to gardening workshop discussing the necessity of marginalized communities within the food justice movement. This workshop aims to provide information about gardening, what to grow during the winter season, efficient water practices, and how these practices can allow us to develop meaningful connections to the land and…
Do you want to add more plants to your diet or go completely plant-based, but have no idea where to start? If so, this class is for you. Making a lifestyle shift can be overwhelming, but there is plenty of help from those who’ve gone before you! Plant-Based Educator Chrissy Roth, who made the switch…
Join the Department of Public Worms to learn how to make your groceries last longer. This workshop will cover preservation techniques such as pickling vegetables with items found at home and different organizational techniques that keep produce fresh longer. Learn more and sign up today.
Join the Organic Seed Alliance for their 11th annual Organic Seed Growers Conference, a gathering of 70+ sessions led by 150 presenters from across the world. Learn more and register today.
Join the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service of California for their seventh Annual Latino Farmer Conference. They will be hosting a series virtual webinars. You can look forward to a series of informative presentations, virtual farm visits, and opportunities to network with other farmers, farm educators, and sponsors. Learn more and register today.
Make beautiful and functional Seed Packets out of reuse material with Angie, Explore Ecology Garden Educator. Angie will show us how to make seed packets to share with friends and to collect seeds for our spring gardens. You can also use them to collect paper treasures, too! We will also be demonstrating how to label…
Join us on Monday, February 28, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. to learn more about foods that keep our hearts healthy. Register today. February is Heart Health Month, and we know that when combined with regular exercise and a healthful overall lifestyle, low-fat plant-based eating can prevent delay, and in some cases, even reverse heart disease.…
Join Apples to Zucchini Cooking School for an adult cooking class on Friday, May 13 2022, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Chef Julia in the kitchen to learn how to make mouthwatering stuffed pasta. In this hands-on class, you will learn how to make pasta dough from scratch and form classic ravioli. You will also…
Join us for a hands-on cooking class where you will learn to create Julia Child's "Santa Barbara Fish Stew." The meal will begin with Roasted Romanesco in Sauce Veloute and end with Fresh Strawberry Tart. Ingredients will come from local farmers and local fishermen. The class is limited to 12 participants to ensure that everyone…
This workshop will help farmers and gardeners make composts with a diversity of beneficial organisms. Learn how to produce actively aerated fungally-dominated compost teas and extracts. Participants will leave with the knowledge of how to regenerate and improve the drought resilience of their plants and soils. Lead Facilitator: Dr. David White, Executive Director, Center for…
Have too many plants and not enough pots? Have extra bottles? Or do you just love upcycling? Then, join Edible Campus in learning how to turn containers, bottles, or other receptacles into free pots! Learn more and register.
Take a trip across the ocean! Join Chef Sally Ruhl and learn the secrets of Lebanese cuisine. In this hands-on cooking class, students will enjoy baba bhanoush, hummus, flatbread, pickled vegetables, veggie kibbeh, tabbouleh, farro pilaf in baked tomatoes, rack of lamb, orange blossom flan and ma'amoul. Learn more and register today. About the Chef:…
Join the Nature Wellbeing Program, the Methodist Community Garden, and the Isla Vista Compost Collective to learn the benefits and methodology behind composting and how to make it work for you. This will be an introduction to local composting and how to compost on a smaller scale at home. Learn more and register.
Join the Edible Campus Program to learn how to grow, tend, and harvest microgreens. Health benefits and recipes will also be detailed. Learn more and register.
The next step in growing plants is giving them a forever home, so join the edible campus program in learning how to prepare low-cost but high-quality potting soil for all your planting needs. Learn more and register.
