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SUNCREST NURSERY

May 4, 2017 by

SUNCREST NURSERY

Located on three properties totaling 60 acres near Watsonville in Central California, Suncrest Nursery is a wholesale operation that supplies independent garden stores throughout the state. Specializing in California natives and other drought-tolerant and Mediterranean plants, they grow over 3,000 varieties and over two million plants a year. The General Manager at Suncrest Nursery is […]

Filed Under: Energy, Flowers, Water Conservation

FULL BELLY FARM

May 3, 2017 by

FULL BELLY FARM

Full Belly Farm is a certified organic farm that produces vegetables, herbs, nuts, flowers, and fruits in California’s beautiful Capay Valley. Since 1985, partners Andrew Brait, Judith Redmond, Paul Muller, and Dru Rivers have been producing wholesale and retail products for restaurants, farmers markets and their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) members. In addition to growing […]

Filed Under: Energy, Flowers, Fruits, Nuts, Vegetables

TABLE TOP FARM

April 20, 2017 by

TABLE TOP FARM

In 2010 Arron Wilder founded Table Top Farm, a series of small, organically certified vegetable plots located on the Point Reyes Mesa and the historic Black Mountain Ranch in West Marin County. Arron leases a total of 11.5 acres on four separate parcels: three-quarters of an acre on Cypress Road, another three-quarters of an acre […]

Filed Under: Flowers, Soil Health, Vegetables, Water Conservation

MCGRATH FAMILY FARMS

April 18, 2017 by

MCGRATH FAMILY FARMS

In the 1860s, Phil McGrath’s great-grandfather emigrated from Ireland to California, where he met his wife, also an Irish émigré. They farmed first in the hills of Berkeley before moving to the Oxnard area, completing a ranch house in 1879 and eventually amassing 1,250 acres. The next generation accumulated 5,000 acres, but split the acreage […]

Filed Under: Flowers, Fruits, Pest Management, Pollinator Services, Vegetables, Water Conservation

JSM ORGANIC FARMS

April 18, 2017 by

JSM ORGANIC FARMS

Javier Sanchez Medina (JSM) Organic Farms in Monterey County is owned and operated by proprietor Javier Zamora who named the farm after his mother. Javier’s father was a farmer, and Javier started farming in Mexico at eleven years old. Javier came to the United States in his twenties, eventually travelling to the Central Coast and […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Flowers, Fruits, Nutrient Management, Vegetables, Water Conservation

FORTUNATE FARM

April 17, 2017 by

FORTUNATE FARM

Agriculture and land management has always been an important part of Gowan Batist’s life. She is a Master Gardener, and studied Sustainable Agriculture through Oregon State University’s Extension Service. After graduating, she moved to Mendocino County to manage the farm-to-school program and the Noyo Food Forest. In 2013, Gowan Batist and her family founded Fortunate […]

Filed Under: Flowers, Soil Health, Vegetables, Water Conservation

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