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Spring Workshops and Plantings in the Coyote Valley
Discover Coyote Valley has had a busy spring with workshops in the Valley and a successful planting at Ann Sobrato High School. Doug McConnell has been scouting the Bay Area for places to feature in his new “Open Road” series. Previous host of “Bay Area Backroads,” McConnell found that there was still much to explore throughout […]
Urban-edge farms give new life to Santa Clara
From AgAlert, California Farm Bureau Federation November 26, 2014, by Bob Johnson Download PDF of the article here. In the shadow of Google and Apple, there may yet be room for a revival of agriculture in one part of Santa Clara County. A diverse coalition is involved in an effort to bring fruit and vegetable […]
Coyote Valley Family Harvest Feast
Discover Coyote Valley shared chile samples, farmer profiles, Coyote Valley crops and more at the Coyote Valley Family Harvest Feast On September 27, 2014, Discover Coyote Valley (DCV) was a partner as part of the Open Space Authority’s annual Coyote Valley Family Harvest Feast. The event took place on the Open Space Authority’s new Coyote […]
Learning about where your food comes from with International Culinary Center Students
Learning about where your food comes from with International Culinary Center Students In the late afternoon of August 19, 2014, the Discover Coyote Valley Initiative along with the University of California Cooperative Extension and Amega Farm Company trained culinary students of the International Culinary Center (ICC) of Campbell about local sourcing for food. Over 68 […]
A Day with the Santa Clara County Master Gardeners
Santa Clara County Master Gardeners Visit the Coyote Valley Specialty Pepper Plots and Monterey Mushrooms On August 19, 2014, the Discover Coyote Valley Initiative partnered with the U C Cooperative Extension and Amega Farm Company to host an informational seminar on “Learning how to Conduct a Research Experiment in Agriculture” for the Santa Clara County […]
Birds of Prey, Hikes on the open space preserve, and Picnics in the Coyote Valley!
On Saturday, July 12, 2014, the Discover Coyote Valley Initiative hosted an evening picnic, hike and birding event from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve (a new nature preserve not yet open to the public). The event was free and open to the public. The Santa Clara Open Space […]
The Coyote Valley and urban-edge agriculture
The Coyote Valley is mostly comprised of agricultural lands. Why is this agricultural land so important? What does it mean for the greater South Bay Area community, and its food systems? Does the Coyote Valley project shed any light onto the future of agricultural lands in the United States as a whole? SAGE has worked extensively in […]
