
Antero Lucas Cruz harvests leeks in a crop off of Holohan Road in Watsonville on Thursday. (Julia Moore/Sentinel)

Fresh, sustainably-grown produce has long been a hallmark of dining at UC Santa Cruz - long before the recent system-wide initiative. (Photograph by Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)
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Romero Rocha works to clear water from a West Beach Road strawberry field in Watsonville on Friday.
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A child is greeted by a giant strawberry at the Watsonville strawberry festival in downtown Watsonville this past Saturday. (Photograph by Shmuel Thaler)