Events

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Upcoming Fall 2024 Events:

  • October 25, Wednesday, 4-5 pm at the farm: The Best Black Bean Burger – Join Chef Fred for an exciting food demo where he’ll guide you through crafting the ultimate black bean burger using fresh ingredients from Field & Fork Pantry. Discover insider tips adn techniques to create, assemble, and cook a black bean burger that’s sure to impress your taste buds. Register here!
  • October 2, Wednesday, 4-5 pm at the farm – Cook Like a Chef – Pt. 2 – Culinary Mis-En-Place: Organize your work space like a pro after this hands-on cooking and technique demo. Registration link coming soon!
  • October 14, Wednesday, 5:30-6:30pm, Nia Mindful Movement – Join Uf Minfulness for peaceful movement in the nourishing space of the farm. Nia is a low-impact movement technique combining dance, martial arts, and mindfulness. It is adaptable to all fitness levels, enhancing joy, mobility, stability, strength, and well-being in a welcoming, non-judgmental environment. With Sarit Sela.
  • October 16, Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 pm – Food Week Farm Tour and Picnic – Come for the Farm & Food, stay for the bats!
  • October 21, Monday, 5;30-6:30 pm at the farm – “Being in Nature” Meditative Walk UF Mindfulness – led stroll around the UF Field & Fork Farm and Gardens and Lake Alice, exploring the area, finding wildlife, and using approaches from shinrin yoku– forest bathing- to relax in nature.  We will finish with a reflective writing activity and sharing. With Nina Soyan-Rosenberg.
  • October 30, Wednesday, 4-5 pm – Cook Like a Chef, Pt. 3 – Sauces, Dressings and Condiments to Up Your Global Flavor Game.
  • November 13, Wednesday, 4-5 pm – Salad Contest – Use the skills you learned in the Chef Series to create a showstopper salad using veg grown at the farm! Prizes and fame to follow!
  • November 15, Friday, 4-6 – Annual Open House and Harvest Party – Learn about the work being done at the farm to support our local food system, meet our interns, enjoy farm games and a taste of the harvest!

Fall 2024 Events:

  • October 11, Wednesday, 4-5 pm at the farm – Cook Like a Chef, Pt 1 – Learn to chop, slice, and dice your way into culinary success!

Recent Past Events

  • April 19, 2024, 4:30-7:30 pm: Our annual Spring Open House will be part of the larger Spring Festival: Growing Together! event celebrating growing spaces around Lake Alice, including the Plant Sciences Department Student Gardens, Wilmot Botanical Gardens, and the UF Native Plant Nursery. The Field & Fork stop on the tram route will feature music, farm tours, flower u-pick, games, food, and more! Learn more about the event and register here!
  • April 24, 2024, 4-5 pm at the pantry: Quick Pickling: Round 2! A repeat of Chef Fred’s recent, very popular class, for those of you who missed it!
  • April 10, 2024, 5:30-7 at the farm: UF Changemakers host a screening of “Kiss the Dirt,” a documentary about the importance of soil to the health of our planet. Enjoy a tour of our fram and our own efforts at respecting and caring for the soil.
  • April 10, 2024, 4-5 at the pantry: Quick Pickling: It’s a Big Dill! Learn how to whip up sweet and dill pickles, homemade ketchup, and a Bahn Mi sandwich relish to bring some pizzazz to your next barbeque!
  • March 6, 2024, 4-5pm at the pantry: All About Rice! Discover diverse ways to prepare rice and how to pair with fresh local produce from Chef Fred Cremo. Register here.
  • Mondays, Feb. 26-March 25, 2024, 5:30-6:30 pm at the farm: UF Mindfulness weekly teaching and practice sessions focused on exploring the many facets of mindfulness. Register here.
  • February 28, 2024, 4-5 pm at the Farm: Dip Contest! First, learn about the components of a great dip from our own Chef Cremo – and then team up to create a dip of your own. After tasting, we’ll vote, and the winner will take home a gift basket from the farm!
  • Thursdays in February, 2024, 12:15-1 pm: Yoga at the Farm for Staff and Faculty. Join Dr. Kim Holton for an outdoor yoga class held throughout the month of February. It’s free!
  • January 31, 2024, 4-5 pm, at the Field & Fork Pantry: Broccoli and Cheese Chef Demo! It’s raining broccoli at the farm, and hundreds of pounds will soon make its way to the pantry. Join us for a taste bud adventure that proves broccoli is anything but boring.
  • October 27,2023 4:30-6:30 pm: Fall Open House! Join us at the Farm for some harvest festivities! Dig for sweet potatoes, visit our spooky forest garden, plant a basil for yourself, snack on yummy garden-inspired snacks and win a (temporary) veggie tattoo! Come for the farm fun and stay for the bats! Emergence is around 7, and UF’s bat expert, Shelly Johnson, will be on hand to answer your questions!
  • April 21, 2023 5-7 pm: Spring Open House! Join us at the Field & Fork Farm and Gardens for an exploration of these hands-on agricultural teaching spaces.