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Fairview Gardens Farm to Table Dinner Celebration
May 11, 2018 @ 5:00 am PDT
5:00 PM – Arrival, Cocktails and Hors D’oeuvres.
6:00 PM – Program and Three Course Dinner
8:30 PM – Coffee and S’Mores Around the Campfire
About the Farm:
The Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview
Gardens is a California nonprofit organization
established in 1997 to preserve and operate
Fairview Gardens, a historic farm, founded in
1895. Fairview Gardens is considered by
some to be the oldest organic farm in
southern California, and is now preserved in
perpetuity through an agricultural
conservation easement.
Fairview Gardens plays a unique role in the
community, providing its neighbors with food,
educational and cultural events, open space
and a connection to the land. The farm also
serves as a community-based educational
resource, advocating for appropriately
scaled, healthy food systems and provides
engaging hands on agricultural experiences.
Health and community service are the driving forces that
have inspired our Executive Director, Dr. Lacey Baldiviez,
through her educational and professional pursuits. After
having faced a significant health challenge as a child,
Lacey formulated her personal mission to strive for a
world in which all children have a healthy start to life.
Lacey has worked with the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation establishing a Public Health Nutrition
program for pregnant women and infants in West Africa.
She earned a doctorate degree in Nutritional Biology
with a focus on Community nutrition programs from UC
Davis and served as a research project manager for the
US Department of Agriculture. She has trained on
numerous farms in Northern CA and is now focused on
establishing Community Food Programs in Santa Barbara
County and expanding our educational reach at Fairview
Gardens.