The 4th Annual Ventura Farm Day will take place Saturday, November 5 from 10am to 3pm and here is a list of the farms participating in the agricultural celebration where Ventura County farms/museums open their doors and invite the public to experience a day of agricultural learning firsthand from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Be sure and pack a lunch with water or visit Oxnard Farm Park the official lunch location for Farm Day. Wear a hat and comfortable close toed shoes. Oxnard Farm Park is located at 1251 Gottfried Place, Oxnard, CA and Lunch is from 11:00-3:00 and features:
In addition to farms, some local museums and labs will also be open for visitors:
Rancho Camulos Museum @5164 E Telegraph Rd, Piru, CA 93040
The public is encouraged to visit www.VenturaCountyFarmDay.com, select two or three farms that they would like to visit and then map out their day.
- Taco Truck
- Book Signing of Oxnard Sugar Beets - Ventura County Lost Cash Crop
- Games - corn hole, jenga
- Vintage printing press demonstration
- Site Tour - historic buildings and farm equipment
- Music, beer, wine
In addition to farms, some local museums and labs will also be open for visitors:
Rancho Camulos Museum @5164 E Telegraph Rd, Piru, CA 93040
- Rancho Camulos is situated within an 1,800 acre working ranch and is the best remaining example of a Spanish-Mexican rancho in its original rural environment.
- Visitors at this National Historic Landmark will tour the 1853 adobe home, cocina, winery, chapel, schoolhouse and the beautiful gardens featuring over fifty varieties of roses.
- The tours detail the lives of the native Tataviam Indians, the del Valle family who established Rancho Camulos in 1853, and the Rubel family, who purchased the ranch in 1924.
- Come learn about how the agricultural industry helped to attract settlers to Ventura County from around the world beginning in the 1800s.
- In addition to learning about the history of agriculture within the region, visitors to the museum can also experience exhibits showcasing the machine age artwork by artist Wendell Dowling, the history and evolution of tractors, and the role of aviation in agriculture.
- Tour a high-tech laboratory that specializes in Nutritional Monitoring and Food Safety!
- Tours will be given every hour from 10:30 until 2:30 and will be led by scientists who help clients get the best out of their land as well as test the food we're eating to make sure it's safe to eat.
The public is encouraged to visit www.VenturaCountyFarmDay.com, select two or three farms that they would like to visit and then map out their day.
CAMARILLO
Houweling's Tomatoes @ 645 W Laguna Rd, Camarillo, CA 93010
Come tour a world-renowned greenhouse tomato facility and sample delicious hydroponically grown tomatoes.
McGrath Family Farm @ 1012 W Ventura Blvd, Camarillo, CA 93010
Pick your own organic strawberries or shop in season at their roadside farmer's market right off the 101 Freeway in Camarillo. Tours every hour on the hour.
SOMIS
Alpacas at Windy Hill @ 7660 Bradley Rd., Somis, CA 93066
Come and join us for the Fall Alpaca Festival, which will include food, vendors, raffle prizes, crafts, and more!
OXNARD
Agromin @ 6859 Arnold Road, Oxnard, CA 93033
Agromin will show visitors how the green waste they put in their recycling barrels is turned into compost that is then used by local farmers to help them grow healthier and more productive crops.
Deardorff Family Farms @ 400 North Lombard St, Oxnard, CA 93030
Visitors will enjoy tours of our LEED Certified, sustainable,"green" facility. Tours will be every 45 mins starting at 10:00 am.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods @ 860 Pacific Ave, Oxnard, CA 93030
Walking tour operation with viewing of fresh-cut celery facility.
Gill's Onions @ 1051 Pacific Ave, Oxnard, CA 93030
Visit one of the largest fresh-cut onion operations in the nation and the 10th largest grower on the West Coast. Learn how this processing plant in Oxnard is 100% waste-free by turning its onion waste into bio-fuel to generate electricity.
San Miguel Produce @ 4444 Naval Air Rd, Oxnard, CA 93033
Come see our fresh-cut processing facility in action on our exclusive small-group tours at 11am and 1pm.
SATICOY/VENTURA
Petty Ranch @ 11971 Darling Rd, Saticoy, CA 93004
Meet-and-greet the farmer, U-pick, citrus, avocados, figs and other speciality fruit. Rincon Vitova Insectaries will be at the Farm Lab at Petty Ranch. Come learn about insectraries' important role in agriculture, and how Rincon Vitova participates in SEEAG's Farm Lab Education Program.
Rancho Canada Larga @ #1 Canada Larga Rd, Ventura, CA 93001
Learn about how cattle ranchers raise grass fed beef in diverse drought conditions. Tours start at 12:00 pm!
Salad Bar Farms at Balboa Middle School @ 247 S Hill Rd, Ventura, CA 93003
Tour Salad Bar Farms, a farm that incorporates permaculture and native pollinator habitat. Visitors will learn about farm to school in Ventura County and how students are learning how to grow food, deliver it to their cafeteria for consumption that day, and composting their own food waste. Tours will take place every hour.
FILLMORE
Chivas Skin Care @2220 Bardsdale Ave, Fillmore, CA 93105 (SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TOUR HERE)
Chivas Skin Care raises French Alpine goats and uses the fresh milk to handcraft goat milk soaps. Sign-up for a free tour of the farm and soap workshop here (fully booked last year). Guests unable to join the tour are still welcome to visit the farm, where they can meet and feed the goats, pigs, tortoises and chickens. While the soap workshop is only open to tour members, the soap showroom will be open all day.
Otto & Sons Nursery @1835 E Guiberson Rd, Fillmore, CA 93015
Tour their full selection of roses, fruit trees, berries, and general landscape plants.
SANTA PAULA
UC Hansen Ag Center @ 14292 W Telegraph Rd, Santa Paula, CA 93060
Tour a farm that has a very active education outreach program.
Calavo Growers @ 1141 Cummings Rd, Santa Paula, CA 93060
Calavo will have a tent in Limoneira's Park for Farm Day, stop by their booth to meet their avocado man and to learn everything about their avocado and guacamole.
OJAI
Friends Ranch @ 15150 Maricopa Hwy, Ojai, CA 93023
Ojai citrus history, family lore, fresh-squeezed orange juice and tastes of a variety of seasonal citrus fruits. On this special farm day folks will be allowed to squeeze their own cup of juice and taste the way real orange juice should taste.
Earthtrine Farm @ East El Roblar Street, Ojai, CA 93023 Ojai
Ojai Olive Oil @ 1811 Ladera Rd, Ojai, CA 93023 Tour olive press house and taste cold-pressed olive oil.
MOORPARK
Apricot Lane Farms @10700 Broadway Rd, Moorpark, CA 93021
Apricot Lane Farms is home to Biodynamc Certified avocado and lemon orchards, over 75 varities of stone fruit, a vegetable garden, pastures, pigs, goats, chickens, ducks, guinea hens, horses, highland cattle, and Maggie, their swiss dairy cow.
THE BBQ
After a day at the farm enjoy a barbeque celebration at the Ventura County Fairgrounds (San Miguel Building) in Ventura. The barbeque is from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and features live country music by Coldwater Canyon, farm-fresh food prepared by Young Farmers & Ranchers, and Dearmore BBQ Catering, locally-produced craft cocktails, beers from Institution Ale and wine from Summerland Winery. Lots of free kids’ activities are also planned. Tickets for the BBQ are $40 adults and teens/$15 kids under 12.
BUY TICKETS HERE
After dinner, enjoy a delectable dessert, play a round of cornhole, or take the kids to get their faces painted. All proceeds from this event go directly to ensuring that SEEAG's programs stay 100% free of charge for children, schools, and teachers across Ventura County.
The Food and Farm Film Fest begins at 5:00 p.m., with the films beginning at dusk. Festivalgoers can bring food, blankets and lawn chairs. Food will also be available from Scratch Food Truck and Paradise Pantry (call ahead to Paradise Pantry to order a picnic box, 805-641-9440). Free parking is available at Mission Park and the Ventura County Museum.
Houweling's Tomatoes @ 645 W Laguna Rd, Camarillo, CA 93010
Come tour a world-renowned greenhouse tomato facility and sample delicious hydroponically grown tomatoes.
McGrath Family Farm @ 1012 W Ventura Blvd, Camarillo, CA 93010
Pick your own organic strawberries or shop in season at their roadside farmer's market right off the 101 Freeway in Camarillo. Tours every hour on the hour.
SOMIS
Alpacas at Windy Hill @ 7660 Bradley Rd., Somis, CA 93066
Come and join us for the Fall Alpaca Festival, which will include food, vendors, raffle prizes, crafts, and more!
OXNARD
Agromin @ 6859 Arnold Road, Oxnard, CA 93033
Agromin will show visitors how the green waste they put in their recycling barrels is turned into compost that is then used by local farmers to help them grow healthier and more productive crops.
Deardorff Family Farms @ 400 North Lombard St, Oxnard, CA 93030
Visitors will enjoy tours of our LEED Certified, sustainable,"green" facility. Tours will be every 45 mins starting at 10:00 am.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods @ 860 Pacific Ave, Oxnard, CA 93030
Walking tour operation with viewing of fresh-cut celery facility.
Gill's Onions @ 1051 Pacific Ave, Oxnard, CA 93030
Visit one of the largest fresh-cut onion operations in the nation and the 10th largest grower on the West Coast. Learn how this processing plant in Oxnard is 100% waste-free by turning its onion waste into bio-fuel to generate electricity.
San Miguel Produce @ 4444 Naval Air Rd, Oxnard, CA 93033
Come see our fresh-cut processing facility in action on our exclusive small-group tours at 11am and 1pm.
SATICOY/VENTURA
Petty Ranch @ 11971 Darling Rd, Saticoy, CA 93004
Meet-and-greet the farmer, U-pick, citrus, avocados, figs and other speciality fruit. Rincon Vitova Insectaries will be at the Farm Lab at Petty Ranch. Come learn about insectraries' important role in agriculture, and how Rincon Vitova participates in SEEAG's Farm Lab Education Program.
Rancho Canada Larga @ #1 Canada Larga Rd, Ventura, CA 93001
Learn about how cattle ranchers raise grass fed beef in diverse drought conditions. Tours start at 12:00 pm!
Salad Bar Farms at Balboa Middle School @ 247 S Hill Rd, Ventura, CA 93003
Tour Salad Bar Farms, a farm that incorporates permaculture and native pollinator habitat. Visitors will learn about farm to school in Ventura County and how students are learning how to grow food, deliver it to their cafeteria for consumption that day, and composting their own food waste. Tours will take place every hour.
FILLMORE
Chivas Skin Care @2220 Bardsdale Ave, Fillmore, CA 93105 (SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TOUR HERE)
Chivas Skin Care raises French Alpine goats and uses the fresh milk to handcraft goat milk soaps. Sign-up for a free tour of the farm and soap workshop here (fully booked last year). Guests unable to join the tour are still welcome to visit the farm, where they can meet and feed the goats, pigs, tortoises and chickens. While the soap workshop is only open to tour members, the soap showroom will be open all day.
Otto & Sons Nursery @1835 E Guiberson Rd, Fillmore, CA 93015
Tour their full selection of roses, fruit trees, berries, and general landscape plants.
SANTA PAULA
UC Hansen Ag Center @ 14292 W Telegraph Rd, Santa Paula, CA 93060
Tour a farm that has a very active education outreach program.
Calavo Growers @ 1141 Cummings Rd, Santa Paula, CA 93060
Calavo will have a tent in Limoneira's Park for Farm Day, stop by their booth to meet their avocado man and to learn everything about their avocado and guacamole.
OJAI
Friends Ranch @ 15150 Maricopa Hwy, Ojai, CA 93023
Ojai citrus history, family lore, fresh-squeezed orange juice and tastes of a variety of seasonal citrus fruits. On this special farm day folks will be allowed to squeeze their own cup of juice and taste the way real orange juice should taste.
Earthtrine Farm @ East El Roblar Street, Ojai, CA 93023 Ojai
Ojai Olive Oil @ 1811 Ladera Rd, Ojai, CA 93023 Tour olive press house and taste cold-pressed olive oil.
MOORPARK
Apricot Lane Farms @10700 Broadway Rd, Moorpark, CA 93021
Apricot Lane Farms is home to Biodynamc Certified avocado and lemon orchards, over 75 varities of stone fruit, a vegetable garden, pastures, pigs, goats, chickens, ducks, guinea hens, horses, highland cattle, and Maggie, their swiss dairy cow.
THE BBQ
After a day at the farm enjoy a barbeque celebration at the Ventura County Fairgrounds (San Miguel Building) in Ventura. The barbeque is from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and features live country music by Coldwater Canyon, farm-fresh food prepared by Young Farmers & Ranchers, and Dearmore BBQ Catering, locally-produced craft cocktails, beers from Institution Ale and wine from Summerland Winery. Lots of free kids’ activities are also planned. Tickets for the BBQ are $40 adults and teens/$15 kids under 12.
BUY TICKETS HERE
After dinner, enjoy a delectable dessert, play a round of cornhole, or take the kids to get their faces painted. All proceeds from this event go directly to ensuring that SEEAG's programs stay 100% free of charge for children, schools, and teachers across Ventura County.
CELEBRATE FARM DAY FRIDAY NIGHT NOVEMBER 4
This year’s Ventura County Farm Day (November 5) will kick off a day early with its first Food and Farm Film Fest, Friday, November 4 at Mission Park in downtown Ventura. The free, family-friendly event will feature short films produced locally that tell the story of life (both human and animal) on the farm and the popular kids’ movie “Babe.”
This year’s Ventura County Farm Day (November 5) will kick off a day early with its first Food and Farm Film Fest, Friday, November 4 at Mission Park in downtown Ventura. The free, family-friendly event will feature short films produced locally that tell the story of life (both human and animal) on the farm and the popular kids’ movie “Babe.”
Critically acclaimed filmmaker John Chester will be on hand to present and talk about his films. Chester, co-owner of Apricot Lane Farms in Moorpark, has produced short films that are regularly featured on Oprah Winfrey’s “Super Soul Sunday” on the OWN network. Films screening at the fest are: “The Guardians,” “Reimagining Apricot Lane Farms,” “Worry for Maggie” and the Emmy award-winning “Saving Emma.”
The Food and Farm Film Fest begins at 5:00 p.m., with the films beginning at dusk. Festivalgoers can bring food, blankets and lawn chairs. Food will also be available from Scratch Food Truck and Paradise Pantry (call ahead to Paradise Pantry to order a picnic box, 805-641-9440). Free parking is available at Mission Park and the Ventura County Museum.For more information about Ventura County Farm Day and to purchase barbeque tickets, go to www.venturacountyfarmday.com or call 805-901-0213.
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