Seed Cleaning & Custom Machining Workshop
Hosted by Fred Wemple of the Wemple Ranch
This workshop will feature a demonstration of the Wemple family operation’s custom seed cleaning equipment, with time for questions and an overview of the ranches history in production of seed crops.
Introduction to Beekeeping
This workshop will feature a presentation and demonstration by two of your local professional beekeepers, Bailey & Flagen Watkins of Bitterbrush Farm & Apiary. Strategies to getting started and successfully managing a honey bee hive will be shared in detail, with time for questions and discussion during and afterwards.
Lassen County Grown - 2025 Harvest Hootenanny
In partnership with California Open Farm Passport, the Local Area Revitalization Project (LARP) Cooperative is pleased to present the 2025 Lassen County Grown - Harvest Hootenanny, a gathering of local agricultural producers, resource providers, and community members designed to promote networking, learning, and engagement across food system stakeholders in our rural corner of the state. The event will be hosted at the beautiful and scenic Wemple’s Pumpkin Patch, includes a local agribusiness market resource fair, kids activities, and is free and open to the public. A fee/ticket farm-to-table meal served at 5:30 pm will proudly feature ingredients produced at several local agribusinesses and prepared by our very own Chef Dustin Kelly of Side Iron BBQ. Beverages will also be available for purchase from our local brewery - Lassen Ale Works. Proceeds from this event directly support local agribusinesses and scholarships for youth agricultural education and training. We hope you can join us for some local music, fun, and learning!
Garlic Planting & Value Added Products
Hosted by Amanda Eder of Howling Dog Ranch (HDR), this workshop will cover bed-prep and planting strategies to establish several plots of garlic to be harvested for the 2026 season. Amanda will also provide a brief tour/demonstration on garlic processing, a key component to the value added products like garlic powders/sauces/etc. that HDR creates.
Cover Cropping & Johnson-Su Composting
Hosted by Seth Anderson of Rustic Rancher and Caleb Griffin of LARP Cooperative, this workshop will feature some common cover cropping practices and management strategies used by market gardeners and will include hands-on demonstrations on cover crop termination methods you can use at home! In addition to cleaning and stockpiling plant material from our 2025 production beds, we will design and assemble a unique type of fungal-dominant composting system called a Johnson-Su bioreactor, a perfect system for the busy farmer/gardener.
Building a Resilient Regional Food System in Remote Northeastern California
Are you interested in supporting local farmers and ranchers, are you Loco for Local produce, or do you love to eat, and interested in where and how your food gets to your plate?! We invite you to join us as we update our community on local action being taken to increase food resiliency in our region!
Register and Join us via zoom June 16th, 5:30-6:30pm (https://us06web.zoom.us/.../register/Vn-nNU9PTlCsZEGPBTfioQ) for our first meeting of the year. You’ll get the scoop on how action is being taken in your North-Eastern California Region as we discuss all of the EPIC work that is happening to bolster your local food system.
This convening of minds and funding for ‘EPIC Harvest: Building a Resilient Regional Food System in Remote Northeastern California’ was made possible by a grant/cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.”
EPIC - Regional Food System Meeting
Calling local producers and folks who work to support local food!
You are invited to our first EPIC (Eastside Producers Informational Collaborative) meeting! Producers will share successes and hurdles so we can learn from one another. We will brainstorm about expanding access to local and regional markets as well as the potential for producer grants. There is quite a bit of $ out there for producers right now, especially if we can figure out how to work together! So join us and become part of a team of producers working to strengthen the Northeastern CA foodshed. We know farmers are busy people so even though it's an EPIC meeting, we will keep it short and focused! 😉 See you soon!
Susanville Farmers Market
Join us for our Saturday morning certified markets, with locally grown produce & flowers, baked goods, local meats, food & coffee vendors, and more!
Susanville Farmers Market
Join us for our Saturday morning certified markets, with locally grown produce & flowers, baked goods, local meats, food & coffee vendors, and more!
Susanville Community Garden Orientation Day (1 of 2)
Join us for our first of two (2) Garden Orientation Day for new and returning community gardeners. Learn about where your plot assignment is, available tools, and meet your fellow community garden members!
Thompson Peak Education Farm Volunteer Day
Join us for our first volunteer day of the season out at the Ed. Farm. We will be prepping beds, organizing tools, and planting spring veggies.
Feel free to bring a water bottle, closed toe shoes, and gloves for getting your hands dirty!