In 1923 Ed Mape began Mapes Ranch outside of Modesto, California in Stanislaus County. The ranch is a 3,500 acre diversified farming and cattle operation producing almonds, wheat, tomatoes, alfalfa, corn, grapes, oats, barley, beans, forage mix, and melons adjacent to 3,000 acres of rangeland. It was Bill and Mary Lyons that started to implement […]
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WISE ACRE FARM
Since 1997, Mary Fahey has owned and operated Wise Acre Farm in Arbuckle, California. Located in Colusa County, Mary developed a successful small farm business raising market produce, eggs, and 10-acres of almonds. Mary practices sustainable farming methods, participates heavily in the revitalization of her hometown’s agricultural economy, and also hosts educational experiences for school […]
TERRANOVA RANCH, INC.
Terranova Ranch was established in 1979, in Helm, CA, in the central San Joaquin Valley, and currently has 5,700 acres under cultivation. Since 1981 Don Cameron has worked as the manager of the ranch and has overseen a complete transformation of the ranch. When he arrived the soil was white, devoid of nutrients, and so […]
SWANTON BERRY FARM
Swanton Berry Farm was founded in 1983 by Jim Cochran. Starting with a four acre half-organic, half-chemical strawberry farm, Mr. Cochran has worked tirelessly for the past 30 years to prove that organic strawberries can be commercially successful. With 200-acres of land leased on five ranches north of Santa Cruz, CA, Swanton Berry Farm has […]
SIERRA ORCHARDS
Craig McNamara is the owner of Sierra Orchards, a 450-acre diversified farming operation in Winters, California, that specializes in Certified Organic walnut production. Growing up in a political family during the 1960s and the Vietnam conflict, Craig remembers that his family always enjoyed gardening. He went on to earn his degree in Plant and Soil […]
SANO FARMS
Alan Sano co-owns Sano Farms, a 4000-acre farm in western Fresno County that primarily produces processing tomatoes. Mr. Sano and Jesse Sanchez, his Farm Manager, have developed a highly efficient, resource-conserving tomato production method over the past five years that uses conservation tillage, drip-irrigation, and cover crops to increase soil organic matter, improve soil tilth, […]
REITER BERRY FARM – DAN BALBAS
Dan Balbas has been farming berries in the Pajaro Valley for the past 13 years for Reiter Berry Farms producing conventional and organic strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries that are sold under the Driscoll’s label. After graduating from Cal Poly, Dan worked in the wine industry where he met a wine grape grower, who also worked […]
RED ROCK RANCH
John Diener’s family started farming in the Central Valley in the 1920’s. John bought his farm shortly after graduating with a degree in Agricultural Economics from UC Davis in 1980. Located in Five Points, CA, on the Western side of the San Joaquin Valley, Red Rock Ranch is 4,000 acres of fruit and vegetables, including […]
EDUARDO RAMOS
When he arrived in the United States as a teenager, Eduardo Ramos had never attended school. But when he found work with a grape grower in California, Ramos received on-the-job training in farming and viticulture. Over the next twenty years, Ramos saved enough money from his job as a farm manager to acquire several parcels […]
PONCE PRODUCE
Rúben and Rebecca Ponce first began cultivating berries in 1986 near Watsonville, California. In 2012, Rúben transitioned from farming as a contract berry grower to a direct market farmer with 10 acres of berries and vegetables. Recently, Ponce Produce diversified their production to bring to market a variety of crops that get sold at five […]
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