Art & Ag Project Farm Visit

February visit information:
Dates: Thursday, February 18th from 9am-1pm AND Saturday, February 20th from 9am-1pm
Location: Tule Farms, Capay, CA 95607 (see directions)
Please RSVP: to Janice Purnell at artag@yoloarts.org or 530.908.4321

Directions:
From Sacramento: Take I-5 North Main Street/Woodland Exit. Turn left onto Main Street which becomes Highway 16. Take Highway 16 to the town of Capay. From Highway 16 turn right onto County Highway E4/County Road 85. (The Honey Stand is on the corner and the Road Trip Cafe is across the street for a final restroom stop). Head north towards Dunnigan about 5-6 miles to the corner of County Road 85 & County Road 13 where we will meet. Look for windmill structure.
From Davis: Take Covell Blvd. to County Road 98. Turn right on County Road 98 to Main Street/Highway 16. Turn left onto Highway 16 to the town of Capay. From Highway 16 turn right onto County Highway E4/County Road 85. (The Honey Stand is on the corner and the Road Trip Cafe is across the street for a final restroom stop). Head north towards Dunnigan about 5-6 miles to the corner of County Road 85 & County Road 13 where we will meet. Look for windmill structure.

We will be heading up the hill at 9:15am! If you are late, you will miss the wagon train! The property along County Road 13 belongs to the Durst Family and you are welcome to stop and work if you do end up coming late.
On Thursday, Annie will meet you. Her cell is 916.612.9152
On Saturday, Janice will meet you. Her cell is 530.908.4321
9am Promptly! No restrooms except mother nature!

Farm Description: This month's visit is in the Dunnigan Hills where Tule Farms has their 140 head of cattle grazing. The oak trees are just popping bud and are at the gorgeous green chartreuse stage. We will be going to one of their family picnic sites that takes us through the foothill oak woodlands with the Brodeia wildflowers blooming, past barns, and onto a lone-tree hill overlooking the agriculture of the Central Valley. There is a view of the Sutter Buttes all the way Sierra. An amazing opportunity!

The Durst family settled in Hungry Hollow in 1872 via Wisconsin and originally from Diesbach, Switzerland. In Switzerland, the families were dairy farmers and they continued that tradition here in Yolo County. The cows would be milked daily, and they would meet the train in Dunnigan and ship the milk to San Francisco.

Fritz Durst is a UC Davis graduate and farms his family's 7,000 acres which includes cattle in the hills to alfalfa, seed crops, and asparagus and wine grapes in the valley, to rice down near Knights Landing.