Okra for All! Okra & Chili Party and Potluck 2026

Event Date

Fri, Sep 11, 2026 @ 4:30pm - 7:00pm

Student Farm Ecological Garden

Okra Party! and Potluck

aka Okra-Chile Cook-off, aka Okra for All

Join us to celebrate seasonal abundance and cultural connection. Used all over the country and world in creative and delicious ways, okra is a plant worthy of celebration. Chile peppers too!

This event is free and kid friendly. RSVP is not necessary, but helps with planning. Please use the link below to let us know if you are planning to come, and if you are interested in volunteering at the event.

Partners: African Food Basket Project

RSVP & Volunteer Sign Up

Okra Party Activities

4:30-5:30 Music, Crafts, & Tour of the cultural food projects at the farm
5:30 Welcome & Introduction of Foods
6:00-7:00 Eating & Connecting
7:00 Closing, Prizes* & Share Out

Free Produce Pick-up

If you would like to cook a dish for the potluck using Student Farm produce, the farm will be providing free produce, including chilis (sweet and hot), eggplants, tomatoes, and potatoes. Produce will be available for pickup on the following dates:

Monday, Sept. 7, 10am until gone. Produce will be available (until it is all taken) from the free produce cart at the corner of Extension Center Drive and Orchard Park Drive (under the big walnut tree).
If you are a student working on the farm, talk to Jan or others at the MG about picking produce for your dish during other any day you are on the farm.

Share Your Recipes

We plan to compile recipes (or rough notes!) to share the Okra Party and Potluck. Please bring your recipe to the event, along with your dish! "Recipes" can be informal, handwritten, downloaded - whatever you want to share - and there is no obligation to share your recipe.

* Prize categories may include: Slimiest Dish, Spiciest Dish, Most Kid Friendly, Most Ready to Feed a Party, and others