Such is the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz, home also to the wonderful Life Lab educational center.
Ada's second grade class got to visit today. That's the Monterey Bay behind with the Santa Lucia Mountains rising above it. The kids enjoyed the chickens, the apple juice pressing, the compost-temperature-taking and all-around eating of much produce fresh out of the ground.
I enjoyed the beautiful farm buildings and landscaping.
Plus the fruit trees. Figs with the last of the year's crop:
Crisp Fuyu persimmons:
Even a huge avocado tree dripping with ripening fruits.
And let's not forget the lichens, including this bright fall beauty:
