ABOVE: Guests attend Farm Discovery at Live Earth’s benefit dinner in 2017. (Photo by Liz Birnbaum)
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WATSONVILLE — Local nonprofit organization Farm Discovery at Live Earth will hold its annual benefit dinner Saturday.
Farm Discovery offers various educational programs for Pajaro Valley youth, aiming to connect them and their families with farming and nature, as well as build healthy relationships with food.
Featuring a multi-course meal created using Live Earth Farm’s organic produce and other local artisan ingredients, the dinner raises funds for Farm Discovery’s programs; 100 percent of sales support the organization.
This year’s event, “Sow & Grow: The Farm Discovery Fall Feast in the Fields” will be held Saturday from 4-8 p.m. at Live Earth Farm, 172 Litchfield Lane.
Appetizers will be provided by Chef Cori Goudge-Ayers of Aptos’ Persephone restaurant. Wines from Storrs Winery, Chesebro Wine and Scheid Family Vineyard will be poured.
Discretion Brewery will provide craft beer and cocktails by Venus Spirits will be served as well.
A main course by Chef Andrea Mollenaur, executive chef at Lifestyle Culinary Arts, is planned, including a main course consisting of German-style potato salad over yogurt sauce and chicken drumsticks over veggies.
Dessert is courtesy of Buttercup Cakes & Farmhouse Frosting and the Penny Ice Creamery. Hidden Fortress Coffee Roasting will also be on hand.
In addition to the meal, attendees can enjoy live music from the Steelhouse Stringband, live and silent auctions and more, all while watching the sunset from Live Earth Farm’s location looking out over the Santa Cruz Mountains.
For information, visit farmdiscovery.org or contact Executive Director Jessica Ridgeway at 728-2032 or [email protected].
