El Dorado Farm Day and Tahoe Farm Day are annual events for El Dorado County’s third grade students, teachers, parents, and chaperones for a day long, fun, hands-on experience where lessons of agriculture and its role in our everyday lives, our county, and its economy are taught in the context of local farms, ranches, forests, and watersheds.

Interactive Exhibits and Demonstrations presented by organizations, businesses, and persons who are experts in their field include:

nutrition
local produce, food preservation
worm composting, soil
working animals – horses, goats
food animals – poultry, cattle, pigs
animals that provide fiber –
alpaca, llama, sheep
invasive and beneficial insects

milk and dairy
resources from healthy forests
organic pest management
watersheds, irrigation
land stewardship
bats
…and much more teaching students where their food, fiber, and shelter comes from.

El Dorado County-Placerville Farm Day- May 9, 2017

If you have any questions regarding El Dorado County Farm Day or would like further information, please contact Britney Patterson, Program Coordinator at b.patterson@agintheclass-edc.org.

Tahoe Farm Day- September 2017

If you have any questions regarding South Lake Tahoe Farm Day, please contact Britney Patterson, Program Coordinator at b.patterson@agintheclass-edc.org.

Information for Teachers

2016 South Lake Tahoe Teacher Registration Farm Day Schedule

Information for Presenters

2016 South Lake Tahoe Presenter Sign Up Farm Day Schedule

Funding

This event is supported in part by donations from local and regional sponsors. As a charitable, non-profit organization, El Dorado County Ag in the Classroom appreciates our sponsors’ generous support that is vital for the continued success of our educational programs.