Farm to Table

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  A server pours a drink at the bar during the cocktail hour at the 2018 Farm to Table Dinner.

  To Your Health

  The 2019 Farm to Table Dinner included a signature herb and frua citrus-infused cocktail, and beer and wine from Cal Poly Pomona's own Innovation Brew Works and Horsehill Vineyards, respectively.

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  A chef and his assistant grilling carrots.

  Local Chefs

  The Farm to Table dinner features local chefs preparing a meal with produce grown at Cal Poly Pomona's farm and other locally-sourced food. Christopher Gendreau (in white chef's uniform) is the executive chef of Chase's in Old Town Laverne, a restaurant he opened with Susan Wickman in 2012. A former Cal Poly Pomona student, Gendreau has been one of the chefs for all but one of the Farm to Table Dinners.

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  A server with a plate of appetizers at the Farm to Table dinner.

  Appetizers

  Tomato and fresh Bocconcini skewers with basil pesto were one of the hors d'oeuvres at the 2019 Huntley College of Agriculture Farm to Table Dinner at Cal Poly Pomona.

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  A server with a tray of salad

  Salad Course

  The first course was the Spadra Farm Spring Salad Mix: strawberry, watermelon radish, asparagus and romaine lettuce with vinaigrette (strawberry white balsamic basil seed dressing), paired with a Collins Crema Ale with vanilla and strawberry.

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  A plate showing the main course.

  Main Course

  The main course for the 2019 Farm to Table Dinner was Beef Flank Zourguignon (Bourguignon): smoked, braised, and grilled flank steak in Horsehill Vineyard Zinfandel with root mash and wood-grilled carrots paired with Michael David Freakshow Zinfandel.

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  A composite photo of all five student speakers from the 2018 dinner.

  Student Speakers

  A highlight of the Farm to Table dinner is the students who speak and share how their experience at the Huntley College of Agriculture has changed their lives. Here are the five speakers from 2019: from left to right, Janelle Ancona, Erik Dassoff, Mario Escobar, Alma Gomez, and Sabrina Huynh.

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  Susan Kellogg-Bell, the 2019 recipient of the Jim Hicks Agricultural Achievement Award, poses with Cal Poly Pomona President Soraya Coley, Provost Sylvia Alva, Pat Hicks (representing the Hicks family) and Interim Dean Lisa Kessler.

  Agricultural Achievement Award

  The Huntley College of Agriculture presents the Jim Hicks Agricultural Achievement Award at the dinner. The award is named after Jim Hicks, a businessman and longtime supporter of agricultural education who was its first recipient in 2015. Susan Kellogg-Bell, center, was the 2019 recipient. Here she poses with, from left to right: Pat Hicks, representing the Hicks family; Provost Sylvia Alva,; Interim Dean Lisa Kessler; and Cal Poly Pomona President Soraya Coley.