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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Events Calendar

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Poster designed by Jac Clark (2025)

Date: Saturday, June 21st
Location: Rugged Roots Farm
Time: 9:30am-10:30am

Join Plumas Audubon Society and Lost Sierra Food Project this Summer Solstice for a morning bird walk around Rugged Roots Farm. Song birds will be in full breeding plumage, singing their hearts out, and furiously building nests for their coming summer brood.
Date: Tuesday, July 15th
Location: Rugged Roots Farm Outdoor Classroom
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Bring your yoga mat, water, and join Vanessa Vasquez in the outdoor classroom for some farm yoga! No registration required.

Info about workshops for August-September will be added in July!

Kids Activities

Poster designed by Jac Clark (2025)

Cool off under some sprinklers, run through the berry patch, and learn about our water system!
Tuesday, July 29th
5:15 pm to 6:15 pm
Learn about farm pollinators, make inspired costumes, and pollinate the berries on the farm!
Tuesday, August 12th
5:15 pm to 6:15 pmbuilding nests for their coming summer brood.
Eat the fruits of our labor and prepare a fun strawberry snack in the outdoor kitchen!
Tuesday, September 2nd
5:15 pm to 6:15 pm
Take home strawberry runners to plant in your garden!
Tuesday, June 14th
5:15 pm to 6:15 pm

Join us for a series of events for kids on Rugged Roots farm centered around strawberries! These fun, easy-going educational events led by our Farm Educator will impart cooking and gardening skills, and give kids a sense of ‘ownership’ of our newest strawberry patch as they watch (and help) it grow.

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.