- Harvest Dinner (March 8, 2012)
- Celebrity chefs here in Yuma!
- Ice carving
- Vegetable carving
- Interactive salad bar featuring your favorite toppings!
- Local restaurant tasting event (Saturday, March 10th 1-5 p.m.)
- Wine and Microbrew Beer Tasting
- Culinary displays and classes
- Chef challenges
- Cooking demonstrations
- Live entertainment
- Local agriculture tours
- Marketplace featuring arts, food related products and services
- Children's Ag-tivities Arena- an interactive, learning place for children
- Toddler Town- even the little ones can enjoy learning about ag with fun, colorful displays, tractor trikes and games
COMMUNITY FESTIVITIES
- Yuma Fine Arts Association will host an agriculturally inspired art show March 10th-11th (Yuma Art Center)
Schedule of Events
Saturday, March 10th
General hours 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Visit vendors & exhibitors, Yuma Community Food Bank Farmers' Market, Kids Ag-tivities sponsored by Dole and Toddler Town, farm equipment displays, fun food and drinks, live entertainment, New Belgium beer garden
See the "Lettuce Make Art" exhibit of agriculture-inspired works at Yuma Art Center Main Gallery, 254 S. Main St. from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
All Day vegetable carving- Chef Ray Duey, winner of the Food Network Challenge
Ag Tours depart every 30 minutes from 9:30-5:30
11 - 2 p.m. - "Toss It Up" Arena sponsored by Tanimura & Antle- Interactive salad bar, take a trip through for $2 per person. Benefits FFA.
11 a.m. - Celebrity Chef Brian Malarkey cooking demonstration sponsored by JV Farms
12 a.m. - "Some Like It Hot" Salsa Cooking Contest
1 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Yuma's Recipe Box tasting event sponsored by The Foothills Bank (tickets sold separately- benefits Yuma County Ag Producers Scholarship Fund and Western Growers School Gardens Project)
1.p.m. - Cooking Demo
2 p.m. - Cooking contest-"Tasty Tacos"
3 p.m. - Celebrity Cooking demo
4 p.m. Cooking Contest - "Kids Healthy Living"
5 p.m. Cooking demo
7 p.m. Park closes...see you tomorrow!
Sunday, March 11th
General hours 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Visit vendors & exhibitors, Yuma Community Food Bank Farmers' Market, Kids Ag-tivities sponsored by Dole and Toddler Town, farm equipment displays, "Get Your Ag Scoop" booth, fun food and drinks, live entertainment, New Belgium beer garden
All Day vegetable carving- Chef Ray Duey, winner of the Food Network Challenge
Ag Tours depart every 30 minutes from 9:30-3:30
10 a.m. - Cooking Contest- "Dinner Date"
11 a.m. - Celebrity Chef Brian Malarkey cooking demonstration sponsored by JV Farms
11 - 2 p.m. - "Toss It Up" Arena sponsored by Tanimura & Antle- Interactive salad bar, take a trip through for $2 per person. Benefits 4-H.
12 p.m. Cooking Demo
1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Ice Carving Demonstration
2 p.m. - Cooking Demo
3 p.m. - Cooking Contest-"Drinks with a Twist"
4 p.m. - Cooking Demo