Students pick carrots and other vegetables at the Bautista Creek Ranches during a recent field trip. Valley News/Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians photo
Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians
Special to Valley News
What better way to explain the importance of spring to young children than with a field trip to a local farm where strawberries, carrots, beets, and other fruits and vegetables grow as they come into season. On Wednesday, April 16, Soboba Tribal Preschool students were bused to Bautista Creek Ranches in East Hemet to see (and pick) some of the fresh produce that is growing there.
They each received a bag to put their fresh-picked items in so they could take them home to enjoy and share with family. The kindergartners were still talking about their field trip the following day. Lupitah Miranda said she picked some onions, and Jericho Vivanco III was excited to find a purple carrot.
The Ranches supply the fresh fruit and vegetables u
