Prepare recipes provided by our leaders:

• Enfrascar Nopales (Preserving Nopales)

• Sabores del Valle Cuyama (2022 Cookbook)
  

Learn more about food access in the Cuyama Valley:

• One-sheet on Cuyama’s Food Access

• 2021 Victory Gardens Report
  

This project is generously supported by:

• The Cuyama Valley Food Action Network

• The Santa Barbara County Food Action Network

• The Fund for Santa Barbara

• Santa Barbara Foundation

• AmeriCorps VISTA

En la primavera de 2020, Blue Sky Center implementó el Proyecto Victory Gardens del Valle de Cuyama para enfrentar problemas inmediatos de acceso a alimentos en el Valle de Cuyama durante COVID-19. Primero el Santa Barbara Foundation, entonces el Santa Barbara County Food Action Network y el Fund for Santa Barbara apoyo nuestra organización para instalar huertos elevados, suministrar materiales para sembradoras, semillas y plantas iniciales, así como implementar planes de estudios bilingües que ahora sirven a 45 familias. Este proyecto creó una red de apoyo para las familias participantes que facilitó el intercambio de información, asegurando el éxito del huerto de cada familia y proporcionando un sentido de comunidad durante el inicio de la pandemia.

In the spring of 2020, Blue Sky Center implemented the Cuyama Valley Victory Gardens Project to confront immediate issues of food access in the Cuyama Valley during COVID-19. First the Santa Barbara Foundation, then the Santa Barbara County Food Action Network and the Fund for Santa Barbara enabled our organization to install raised bed gardens, supply planter materials, seeds, and starter plants, as well as implement bilingual curricula now serving 45 families. This project created a supportive network for participating families that facilitated information sharing, ensuring the success of each family’s garden and providing a sense of community during the onset of the pandemic.