{"id":1436,"date":"2010-07-28T12:37:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T18:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2010-07-28T12:37:18","modified_gmt":"2010-07-28T18:37:18","slug":"pomona-kids-dig-whats-growing-at-fairview-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2010\/07\/28\/pomona-kids-dig-whats-growing-at-fairview-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"Pomona Kids Dig What\u2019s Growing at FairView Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hopegirl2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1437\" title=\"hopegirl2\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hopegirl2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Did you know carrots aren\u2019t just orange? They can be black (actually deep purple), pink, and white. And mint can come in all kinds of flavors, including chocolate mint. Imagine, a candy bar in a leaf \u2026 delish!<br \/>\nThat\u2019s just what about 50 kids from Pomona Hope, a local non-profit community organization, learned when they visited FarmView Farms\u2019 garden at Fairplex on Tuesday afternoon.\u00a0<br \/>\nFairView Farms not only spotlights agriculture, but will feature Western Days &amp; Rodeo Nights with all kinds of\u00a0fast-paced action at this year\u2019s L.A. County Fair, Sept. 4-Oct. 3.\u00a0<br \/>\nEmily Peine, director of programs at Pomona Hope Community Center, organized the field trip. Pomona Hope has its own community garden in which the children help out, all under the supervision of lead gardener Drew Rushlow, who helped set up the visit.\u00a0<br \/>\nDon DeLano, Fairplex landscape supervisor, led a tour through the garden for the children and their teen and adult leaders. The group saw an amazing variety of fruits and vegetables growing on the 1\/4-acre farm \u2013 lots of lettuces, herbs (thyme, dill, tarragon, chives, and more), radishes, peppers, chili peppers, eggplant, tomatoes (of all colors and sizes), squash, peaches, olives, and so much more.\u00a0<br \/>\nMany of those vegetables became ingredients for the al fresco dinner the group enjoyed after the tour. David Tieg, head chef at McKinley\u2019s Grill at the Fairplex Sheraton, regularly harvests seasonal fruits and vegetables from the garden to offer the freshest ingredients on his diverse restaurant menu.\u00a0<br \/>\nGarden guests enjoyed grilled eggplant, squash and tomatoes; a green salad packed with just-harvested veggies and a tomato salad using several varieties of the red fruit; carnitas; hand-made corn tortillas grilled on the spot; refried beans and rice; all topped off by a peach crisp dessert using juicy fruits right off of trees in the FairView Farms orchard.\u00a0<br \/>\nNot only were little tummies full of delicious fresh foods by the end of the evening, young minds were full of ideas for their own gardens.<br \/>\nSee more photos of all the fun on our Facebook page at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lacountyfair\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.facebook.com\/lacountyfair<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know carrots aren\u2019t just orange? They can be black (actually deep purple), pink, and white. And mint can come in all kinds of flavors, including chocolate mint. Imagine, a candy bar in a leaf \u2026 delish! 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