With seasonal vegetables ripening in the summer heat, members of the student-operated Organic Farm at California State University, Fresno are hosting three Field Day & U-Pick Saturday events over the next six weeks.

From 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, July 24, and Aug. 14 and 28, the public is invited to pick their own student-grown organic produce, including cherry tomatoes, eggplant, okra, bell peppers and melons.

Everything will be available at special prices, said Dr. Sajeemas ‘Mint’ Pasakdee, a soil scientist/agronomist for the California Agricultural Technology Institute at Fresno State who is the Organic Farm adviser.

Students and faculty involved in the Organic Farm will share information about agriculture-related teaching and research opportunities available on campus including how to participate in an organic agriculture class in the fall.

The events are supported by a $250,000 grant to the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology by the USDA‐Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Program.

For more information, contact Pasakdee at 559.278.2828 or spasakdee@csufresno.edu

(Copy by University Communications news intern Christy Patron.)