Halloween Harvest Festival at the Pierce Farm Center

04/14/2015

Chancellor Dr. Francisco Rodrigues to tour the Pierce Farm Center

Hello Farm Family!

Since January, an effort to open communication at the Community College District level has now resulted in a commitment from the Chancellor to come out to the Farm Center and tour the facility. This visit is important in order to better understand the 10 years of agricultural development, community education and family tradition that has transformed fallow fields into a district agricultural asset.

Recently, and with thanks to the Student Trustee, La Mont Jackson, the McBroom Family was introduced to the Chancellor at a public reception held at Los Angeles Trade Tech. College. Dr. Rodriguez welcomed us and stated that his office was arranging a scheduled visit to the Farm Center and that he has listened to us and is interested in open communication.

Although the April 15 eviction deadline is approaching, the Farm Center remains completely intact and ready for the Chancellors tour. We are hopeful that after his visit, we will open a line of communication to establish positive goals that we all can achieve. It is our hope that this first step will allow members of the District Board of Trustees to also take the tour of the Farm Center facility in near the future. District awareness is important to better understand the needs and opportunities that the Farm Center offers to Student Education as well as the community and the importance and value to this type of partnership on or off the College campus.

It is unsure what the short term or long-term future is for the Farm Center at Pierce College or elsewhere. We do know this; there is no future without communication.

Whether the program remains at Pierce College or transitions to a neighboring location able to still reach our community, it will take the leadership of the Chancellor to help ensure the proper ability to achieve these goals and within a reasonable timeframe.

We are all excited to share with you this information and will keep everyone up to date as things progress. Thank you all for your support and with hope, we may re-open the Farm Center in the short term while developing plans to ensure a long term future either at Pierce College or within reach of our community.

Thank you,

The McBroom Family

02/27/2015

Vote March 3rd to save the Pierce Farm Center

Your vote March 3rd can save and re-open the Pierce Farm Center. But, does your candidate care???

Vote and promote, share online and offline. Engage 5 friends to go to the poles and help make a difference.

Hello Farm Family,

Out of the 14 trustee candidates running for 4 seats of the LACCD board of trustees, we would like to let everyone know which candidates came out and toured the Pierce Farm Center. Please take a moment to learn which candidate showed support for the farm program, who ignored our invitation and who literally hung up on our calls.

It is important to know that there are 4 seats up for grabs for the LACCD trustee board in the March 3rd election. At least 3 out of 4 seats will be filled by newly elected trustees. These trustees will define a new board majority able to revisit the actions of the Pierce College administration in the suspicious closure of the Pierce Farm Center.

We invited all 14 candidates of the LACCD Board of Trustees to visit the Pierce Farm Center these past few weeks. All those who visited, shared the communities concerns for keeping the center open to the public and showed support to promote board transparency and public communication in a future process to re-evaluate the opening of the center.

To be fair to each candidate, we are providing a non partisan listing by each seat. All the trustee candidates are listed in the order of their visit to the farm. We are not endorsing any one candidate or political affiliation and leave it to you, the voter, to ensure that your candidate shares your concerns.

Seat 1
Andra Hoffman - supports the Farm Center
Mark Isler - supports the Farm Center
Maria “Sokie” Quintero - supports the Farm Center

Francesca Vega – unknown - NO RESPONSE to multiple invitations

Seat 3
Glenn Bailey- supports the Farm Center
Josef Essavi- supports the Farm Center
Sam Kbushyan- supports the Farm Center
Sydney Kamlager- supports the Farm Center

Seat 5
Dennis Washburn - Supports the Farm Center
(Write in candidate, write his name in your ballet grey security sleeve with LACCD seat 5)
Steve Schulte- supports the Farm Center

Scott Svonkin - NO RESPONSE to emails, and rudely hung up on our calls

Seat 7
John Burke- supports the Farm Center
Joyce Garcia- supports the Farm Center

Mike Fong – unknown - NO RESPONSE to multiple invitations

We truly appreciate the time and compassion that each candidate had shown us while taking the tour of the Pierce Farm Center.

Each candidate demonstrated their dedication to the academic and community service needs at a community college. We truly were touched by the positive comments made by each candidate for our efforts in preserving the farm experience for future generations to lean and appreciate agriculture.

This Next Tuesday March 3rd, It is anticipated that this election will have a record low turnout at the poles. This means that your vote is important.

Please Vote and urge your friends to Vote March 3rd. Share this massage to everyone you know. Share it online and offline and as a community, we can make a difference.

Please get involved, Like the Pierce Farm Center on Facebook and sign the online petition at www.savepiercefarmcenter.org

Thank you,

The McBroom Family
The Pierce Farm Center

10/16/2014

The Pierce Farm Center was on the kcal9 news today. Directors Robert and Cathy McBroom showcased a variety of produce from ripe red tomatoes to a bountiful harvest decor including the best pumpkins around. Take a look and it is sure to get you into the harvest mood.



https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10203187994767372&id=1433081270

Corn Maze, Pumpkins & More At the Halloween Harvest Festival!
Celebrate the fall at the Pierce College Halloween Harvest Festival!

Celebrate the fall at the Pierce College Halloween Harvest Festival!

10/16/2014

Pierce Farm Center is back open

Hello Pierce Farm Center Family. Earlier today the college was closed down due to a threat on campus. The outstanding emergency response shown by administration and the sheriff department has quickly resolved the issue and we have been notified that we can reopen to the public.

As a precaution, for public safety the Pierce Farm Center closed during that time.

Again, we are please to let you all know that the Pierce Farm Center has reopened and welcomes you in for the Halloween Harvest Festival.

09/13/2014

Two Weeks till the opening of our 10th annual Halloween Harvest Festival and for all of you who have supported us on facebook.

Please enjoy this 20% special online discount offer on all Day and Night Festival admission and attraction offers including our Adventure Corn Maze, Activity tickets, Night haunted attractions including the famous and longest running haunted house in Los Angeles, FrightFair’s Factory of Nightmares, Creatures of the Corn and Insane reaction.

Look for the Buy Tickets App and Enter FBFAMILY to receive 20% off all tickets. Offer ends September 25th 2014

09/13/2014

10/14/2011

Great YouTube video on the Halloween Harvest Festival and Fright Fare at Pierce College in Woodland Hills CA!

Pierce College holds an annual Halloween Harvest Festival every Fall which features a hay ride, haunted corn maze, haunted house, and petting zoo.

10/14/2011