GARLIC FEST &

CHILI BOWL

Sunday, November 2, 2025 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Join us for a morning of garlic planting, followed by our first Chili Bowl competition.

Join is for a day of fall planting and good food. Come for a morning of garlic planting, stay for a chili competition. Or join us in the afternoon just to show of your chili cooking skills or taste new chili recipes.

Please note: This is not an agro-tourism experience—we are a fully functional production scale farm feeding an under-served community. By attending this event, you are contributing to that mission in whatever ways you are physically able. Children are welcome, but please consider that you will need to supervise them for safety alongside whatever work you are contributing.

9:45-10:00 Arrival & Parking & Sign-in

10:00-1:00 Garlic Planting

1:00-2:30 Lunch–Chili Bowl

2:30 Chili Winners Announced

2:30-3:00 Seremos Farm Tour

To determine your ability to help on this date, volunteers may be doing the following work:

  • Dibbling holes for garlic (walking over uneven ground, pushing a wheeled dibbler)

  • Planting garlic (requires squatting, bending, kneeling, fine motor skills)

  • Set up (assembling folding tables, placing table cloths and equipment, some lifting and carying)

CHILI BOWL CONTEST

WE PROVIDE Table, tablecloths, heating elements, all serving bowls and utensils

YOU PROVIDE Big pot of warm/hot chili and a ladle to serve it

WINNERS will be chosen in the vegetarian and meat categories, and will receive a large Seremos winter squash and bragging rights.

What to Expect

We are big about the ‘Community’ in Community Supported Agriculture. We want our farm to be a crossroads of ideas, values, cultures, languages, and love. Roughly once a month we will open our metaphoric doors (and our very real greenhouse tunnel doors) to the community we serve in NYC and the one that has welcomed us in the Catskills.

When you join us for a community work day, you are both guest and team member. We are so grateful to have you join us and will be in full ‘abuelita’ mode (“You must be hungry! Here, eat something, let me feed you!”) and ‘teacher’ mode, as we work with you to empower you to contribute to the growing of your food.

Your time with us will be interspersed with moments to appreciate the land and nature around us, moments to connect with other living beings, and moments to get your hands dirty and create something. We look forward to sharing all those moments with you.

Important Information

  • The bathroom available for visitors is a compost toilet.

  • If you are coming from the city and need a ride, please indicate that when you RSVP so we can help coordinate carpooling.

  • A vegan friendly main course will be provided, and we welcome potluck sides and snacks.

  • We have a first aid kit on site.

  • Pets are not permitted—please notify us in advance if you plan to bring a service animal.

  • Our field is on a slight incline, and the terrain is bumpy—the majority of our space is unfortunately not ADA accessible.