Competitions
Is your jelly the best around? Got a pie or sweet bread recipe that never lasts a day in your kitchen? Or maybe your tomatoes, melon, squash or sunflowers are the envy of the neighborhood? Now’s your chance to prove it!
The 2026 Food & Water festival invites YOU to showcase your best produce, baked goods, jams, and jellies at this year’s competition.
Who Can Enter?
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Youth, adults, and seniors — all are welcome!
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Home gardeners, hobby bakers, and seasoned canners alike.
Categories
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Produce: Biggest by weight-Tomato, Melon & Squash
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Flowers: Sunflower (biggest diameter) Hollyhock (tallest still flowering)
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Baked Goods: Sweet Breads. Fruit Pies
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Preserves: Jams, jellies
Why Enter?
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Win ribbons, bragging rights, and have your entries on display at the event. Winners will receive two Ribbons, one to be displayed on their entry during the event, and another to wear at the event so will know who the winners are!
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Share your talent and traditions with the community.
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Keep local food, recipes, and skills alive and thriving.
Tim Styczynski from the UC Davis Tasting Lab will be the judge this year.
All entries must be registered on this form before drop-off. You may enter as many items as you wish but must fill a form and pay entry fee for each separately. Bring your goodies to the Alcouffe Community Center by noon on September 19 to be eligible for judging.
Please contact:
hello@foodandwaterfestival.com
for help, we are here to assist!
Competitions organizer
Freja Nelson is the Vice President Brownsville Farmers Market.
Owner of Freja’s foods and is a local Yuba foothills elementary school teacher
Competitions judge
Tim Styczynski has been a long time supporter of buying local and supporting farmers markets and has owned 4 cafes in Northern California. He manages the only sensory science lab devoted to coffee in UC Davis. Tim began roasting in 1997 and has roasted more than 20,000 batches. He is a licensed Q-grader (the coffee equivalent of a master sommelier).
Competitions organizer
Freja Nelson is the Vice President Brownsville Farmers Market.
Owner of Freja’s foods and is a local Yuba foothills elementary school teacher
Competitions judge
Tim Styczynski has been a long time supporter of buying local and supporting farmers markets and has owned 4 cafes in Northern California. He manages the only sensory science lab devoted to coffee in UC Davis. Tim began roasting in 1997 and has roasted more than 20,000 batches. He is a licensed Q-grader (the coffee equivalent of a master sommelier).
Is your jelly the best around? Got a pie or sweet bread recipe that never lasts a day in your kitchen? Or maybe your tomatoes, melon, squash or sunflowers are the envy of the neighborhood? Now’s your chance to prove it!
The 2025 Food & Water festival invites YOU to showcase your best produce, baked goods, jams, and jellies at this year’s competition.
Who Can Enter?
-
Youth, adults, and seniors — all are welcome!
-
Home gardeners, hobby bakers, and seasoned canners alike.
Categories
-
Produce: Biggest by weight-Tomato, Melon & Squash
-
Flowers: Sunflower (biggest diameter) Hollyhock (tallest still flowering)
-
Baked Goods: Sweet Breads. Fruit Pies
-
Preserves: Jams, jellies
Why Enter?
-
Win ribbons, bragging rights, and have your entries on display at the event. Winners will receive two Ribbons, one to be displayed on their entry during the event, and another to wear at the event so will know who the winners are!
-
Share your talent and traditions with the community.
-
Keep local food, recipes, and skills alive and thriving.
Tim Styczynski from the UC Davis Tasting Lab will be the judge this year.
All entries must be registered on this form before drop-off. You may enter as many items as you wish but must fill a form and pay entry fee for each separately. Bring your goodies to the Alcouffe Community Center by noon on September 19 to be eligible for judging.
Please contact:
hello@foodandwaterfestival.com
for help, we are here to assist!
Tim Styczynski has been a long time supporter of buying local and supporting farmers markets and has owned 4 cafes in Northern California. He manages the only sensory science lab devoted to coffee in UC Davis. Tim began roasting in 1997 and has roasted more than 20,000 batches. He is a licensed Q-grader (the coffee equivalent of a master sommelier).
Competitions judge
Competitions organizer
Freja Nelson is the Vice President Brownsville Farmers Market.
Owner of Freja’s foods and is a local Yuba foothills elementary school teacher
Is your jelly the best around? Got a pie or sweet bread recipe that never lasts a day in your kitchen? Or maybe your tomatoes, melon, squash or sunflowers are the envy of the neighborhood? Now’s your chance to prove it!
The 2025 Food & Water festival invites YOU to showcase your best produce, baked goods, jams, and jellies at this year’s competition.
Who Can Enter?
-
Youth, adults, and seniors — all are welcome!
-
Home gardeners, hobby bakers, and seasoned canners alike.
Categories
-
Produce: Biggest by weight-Tomato, Melon & Squash
-
Flowers: Sunflower (biggest diameter) Hollyhock (tallest still flowering)
-
Baked Goods: Sweet Breads. Fruit Pies
-
Preserves: Jams, jellies
Why Enter?
-
Win ribbons, bragging rights, and have your entries on display at the event. Winners will receive two Ribbons, one to be displayed on their entry during the event, and another to wear at the event so will know who the winners are!
-
Share your talent and traditions with the community.
-
Keep local food, recipes, and skills alive and thriving.
Tim Styczynski from the UC Davis Tasting Lab will be the judge this year.
All entries must be registered on this form before drop-off. You may enter as many items as you wish but must fill a form and pay entry fee for each separately. Bring your goodies to the Alcouffe Community Center by noon on September 19 to be eligible for judging.
Please contact:
hello@foodandwaterfestival.com
for help, we are here to assist!
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