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The cooking program is part of the Center for Land-Based Learning and connects participants with activities such as the Native Plant Propagation workshop, the Speaker Series, and Dinner on the Farm. Participants can also engage in the Urban Ag Internship, the Apprenticeship Program, the Explorer Course, and habitat restoration projects on local farms and ranches.
• Schedule: Events include a Native Plant Propagation workshop on Saturday, July 11, from 9 a.m. to noon; a Speaker Series on Wednesday, July 15, from 4:30–7:30 p.m.; and Dinner on the Farm on Friday, July 17, from 6–9 p.m.
The Center for Land-Based Learning’s mission is to inspire, educate, and cultivate future generations of farmers, agricultural leaders, and natural resource stewards. Its programs include internships, apprenticeships, training, and connections for agricultural careers, and they engage high school students in habitat restoration projects on local farms and ranches. The Native Plant Propagation workshop includes participants taking home some plants, the Speaker Series includes hot wood-fired pizzas, cold drinks, and conversation, and Dinner on the Farm is part of the Slow Food Joyful Dinner Series featuring Chef Juan Barajas of Savory Café in Woodland. The organization has a 30-acre headquarters at The Maples Farm in Woodland that provides field and classroom learning space and operates West Sacramento Urban Farms at Lake Washington Farm and Riverfront Farm. Landowners, businesses, school districts, and municipalities across California partner with the Center for Land-Based Learning, and throughout the year people can connect by attending events, taking a class, volunteering, and shopping at the Mobile Farmers Market Truck, which brings fresh healthy food to neighborhoods that need it the most.
The Center for Land-Based Learning began in 1993 with the Farming, Agriculture, and Resource Management for Sustainability (FARMS) high school education program and the FARMS Leadership Program established by Craig McNamara. In 2001, it became a formal nonprofit organization and launched the Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship (SLEWS) Program, and in 2012 the California Farm Academy graduated its first class of the Beginning Farmer Training Program. In 2020, the Center for Land-Based Learning moved to and broke ground on its 30-acre headquarters at The Maples Farm in Woodland, and in 2021 the Mobile Farmers Market Truck began operating in West Sacramento, California. The organization has been named 2025 Non Profit of the Year, is identified as a Slow Food Farm (described as one of only eight and also as one of four Slow Food Farms in the United States), and participates in 1% for the Planet.
Testimonials describe the Urban Ag Internship as transformative for an 18-year-old participant from Sacramento, highlight that the Apprenticeship Program supported an employee at Wilson Vineyards in becoming a manager who questions the status quo and makes influential changes on the farm, and note that the Explorer Course shared the risks, challenges, and hardships that small farmers face and led one participant to continue a farm journey with the Center for Land-Based Learning.
Last updated June 25, 2026.
• Schedule: Events include a Native Plant Propagation workshop on Saturday, July 11, from 9 a.m. to noon; a Speaker Series on Wednesday, July 15, from 4:30–7:30 p.m.; and Dinner on the Farm on Friday, July 17, from 6–9 p.m.
The Center for Land-Based Learning’s mission is to inspire, educate, and cultivate future generations of farmers, agricultural leaders, and natural resource stewards. Its programs include internships, apprenticeships, training, and connections for agricultural careers, and they engage high school students in habitat restoration projects on local farms and ranches. The Native Plant Propagation workshop includes participants taking home some plants, the Speaker Series includes hot wood-fired pizzas, cold drinks, and conversation, and Dinner on the Farm is part of the Slow Food Joyful Dinner Series featuring Chef Juan Barajas of Savory Café in Woodland. The organization has a 30-acre headquarters at The Maples Farm in Woodland that provides field and classroom learning space and operates West Sacramento Urban Farms at Lake Washington Farm and Riverfront Farm. Landowners, businesses, school districts, and municipalities across California partner with the Center for Land-Based Learning, and throughout the year people can connect by attending events, taking a class, volunteering, and shopping at the Mobile Farmers Market Truck, which brings fresh healthy food to neighborhoods that need it the most.
The Center for Land-Based Learning began in 1993 with the Farming, Agriculture, and Resource Management for Sustainability (FARMS) high school education program and the FARMS Leadership Program established by Craig McNamara. In 2001, it became a formal nonprofit organization and launched the Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship (SLEWS) Program, and in 2012 the California Farm Academy graduated its first class of the Beginning Farmer Training Program. In 2020, the Center for Land-Based Learning moved to and broke ground on its 30-acre headquarters at The Maples Farm in Woodland, and in 2021 the Mobile Farmers Market Truck began operating in West Sacramento, California. The organization has been named 2025 Non Profit of the Year, is identified as a Slow Food Farm (described as one of only eight and also as one of four Slow Food Farms in the United States), and participates in 1% for the Planet.
Testimonials describe the Urban Ag Internship as transformative for an 18-year-old participant from Sacramento, highlight that the Apprenticeship Program supported an employee at Wilson Vineyards in becoming a manager who questions the status quo and makes influential changes on the farm, and note that the Explorer Course shared the risks, challenges, and hardships that small farmers face and led one participant to continue a farm journey with the Center for Land-Based Learning.
Last updated June 25, 2026.
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