Crowd Turns Out For Santa Barbara County Farm Day Fundraiser at Zaca Mesa Winery

LOS OLIVOS, Calif. - July 26, 2022 - PRLog -- Over 80 guests attended the Students for Eco-Education & Agriculture (https://www.seeag.org/) (SEEAG) mixer on July 14 at Zaca Mesa Winery (https://www.zacamesa.com/) to support Santa Barbara County Farm Day (https://santabarbaracountyfarmday.com/), a free annual event where the public can visit growers and agricultural businesses in the Santa Maria Valley.

SEEAG's 4^th Annual Santa Barbara County Farm Day is Saturday, September 17. During Farm Day, visitors of all ages have the opportunity to see how their food is grown and sample fresh fruits and vegetables.

Some of the farmers participating in Farm Day also attended the mixer including representatives from Bonipak, Babe Farms, Main Street Produce and Reiter Affiliated Companies. Also attending were Jackie Carrera, CEO of the Santa Barbara Foundation and Caroline and Ed Woods from the Edwin and Jeanne Woods Family Foundation. Caterers for the event were Valley Piggery and Amazing Grazing Charcuterie.

"We want to thank all those who attended the mixer. It was a magical night filled with great food, music and wine for a great cause," says Mary Maranville, president and founder of SEEAG. "The public often doesn't get a chance to meet farmers and have the opportunity to ask questions about how they grow the food we eat. Farm Day provides that opportunity."

Including proceeds from the mixer, SEEAG has raised over $100,000 to help put on this year's Santa Barbara County Farm Day. For more information about Farm Day or to donate, go to https://santabarbaracountyfarmday.com.

About SEEAG

Founded in 2008, Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture (SEEAG) is a nonprofit organization that aims to help young students and the general public understand the origins of their food by bridging the gap between agriculture and consumption through its agricultural education programming and events. SEEAG's "The Farm Lab" program teaches schoolchildren about the origins of their food and the importance of local farmland by providing schools with classroom agricultural education and free field trips to farms. Through this and other SEEAG programs, over 60,000 elementary school students in Central and Southern California have increased their understanding of the food journey. Every year, SEEAG hosts Ventura County Farm Day and Santa Barbara County Farm Day. For more information, visit www.seeag.org or email Mary Maranville at mary@seeag.org.