Events & Workshops

Rugged Roots is more than a farm, it’s a community space. During the season Rugged Roots transforms into an outdoor classroom, a prep kitchen, a dance floor, a floral studio, and more.

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  • Date: Saturday, March 29th
    Location: Quincy Veteran’s Hall
    Time: Starts at 7:00 pm
    Ticket sales TBA

    The event is a fundraiser for the Quincy Farmer’s Market. Leslie Mink will be calling to live music. Dress up in your best outfit and learn how to do this fun folk dance. Beginners are welcome!

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Annual Events

Dancin’ in the Dirt- June 17, 2025

Pumpkin Patch - October 4, 2025

All events are fundraisers for Lost Sierra Food Projects programs.

On-Farm Summer Workshops

Every summer, LSFP hosts free/low-cost workshops on Rugged Roots farm. Workshops cover a range of subjects- from food preservation to flower arranging. A workshop scheduled is announced at the beginning of the season— stay tuned for our 2025 schedule!

Jar of Rugged Roots veggies prepped to be pressure canned at a Pressure Canning Workshop led by Canning Masters from UC Extension in partnership with the Feather River Food System Collaborative.

Feather River College' Culinary Arts instructor Chef Sean Conry leads a free cooking class sponsored by Plumas County Public Health’s CalFresh Program.

Workshop participants display their fall wreaths using material harvested on Rugged Roots farm at local florist Carolyn Rouse’s Fall Wreath Making Workshop.

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Calendar of Events

Follow @lostsierrafoodproject to stay up to date on our activities

It's Giving Tuesday! Today’s the day to support food access, workforce development, regional food system development and regenerative farm education programs in Plumas County! Donations made today are matched dollar for dollar up to $1,250 than
Small business Saturday is tomorrow– show Plumas Co. businesses and nonprofits some love! At our farm summer camp this year, campers created their own “small business” during Chef Week– the P.L.A.N.T cafe (short for: pretty lu
Giving Tuesday, an international day of generosity, is one week out! From now until Dec 3, any donation made to LSFP will be matched (up to $1,250) thanks to the generosity of our friends at @quincypharmacy. So if you donate $50 dollars it will be li
One of Lost Sierra Food Project’s objectives is to increase access to locally grown, farm-fresh produce. Throughout the 2024 season, LSFP donated produce and flowers grown on Rugged Roots farm to crisis centers, schools and community orgs. He
Meet Marielle! She is LSFP’s first full-time @grizzlycorps fellow (previously we have shared fellows part-time with partner organizations) and we are so excited to have her here. She will be working with us until July 2025 and is spearheading o
This past month, Beth (LSFP Program Manager + PUSD Garden Educator) and Marielle (LSFP Grizzly Corps Fellow) brought pumpkins from Rugged Roots farm to Alder Elementary School and had students open the pumpkins + remove seeds for roasting. Beth and M
High altitude farming is all about learning to live with change. Still, every year the end of the farming season comes with mixed emotions. Is it really fall already? It’s hard to let go of summer’s abundance and to accept those frosty mo
A major goal of the #FarmToSchool movement is ensuring that students have access to fresh, healthy foods produced locally. When planning what to grow this season, LSFP worked with PUSD cafeteria staff so that we could best accommodate their needs.
In the spirit of October being #FarmToSchoolMonth, we are sharing some photos and stats from fall semester field trips at LSFP’s Rugged Roots Farm in Quincy. In the past year, 435 TK-5th grade students have visited Rugged Roots farm on field t
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Annual Pumpkin Patch

First Saturday in October
Rugged Roots Farm
11 am to 3 pm

A yearly community event you don’t want to miss. Featuring food, music, kids activities, homegrown pumpkins and fresh produce.