Adapting to Heat with Conservation Farming
Conservation Farming Practices for Healthy Crops, Resilient Ecosystems, and Farm Viability
KC Spotlight: Tony Azevedo
Q&A profile of Tony Azevedo, farmer/farm manager at Stone Land Co. near Lemoore — his path into farming, how Westside water regulation has reshaped the business, and his advocacy work on agricultural water rights.
Organic Farm System: Phil Foster Ranches
Detailed whole-farm case study covering farm philosophy, soil management, insect pest management, and disease management systems, developed with Western SARE support.
Farmer Climate Leader: Phil Foster
Profile of Foster as a “Farmer Climate Leader,” covering soil carbon building, drip irrigation, non-synthetic pest control, and on-farm solar/biodiesel energy.
Phil Foster — CSU Chico Center for Regenerative Agriculture demo page
In-depth written case study covering Foster’s reduced-tillage NRCS CIG project, compost operation, cover-cropping strategy, hedgerows, and specific equipment used.
Phil Foster’s Introduces Regenerative Practices He Uses on His Farm
Phil Foster walks through the regenerative techniques used at his ranches, tied to his NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant reduced-tillage project.
Cover Crops in Perennials in the San Joaquin Valley
This video covers research on water dynamics while a new table grape vineyard was established with cover crops in the San Joaquin Valley. There are two cover crop treatments, one with native plant species and another with introduced plant species. The native mixture was dominated by Tansy Phacelia and the introduced mix was dominantly Merced […]
The Maples Farm Carbon Farm Plan
A publicly available Carbon Farm Plan (CFP) for The Maples Farm — the 30-acre headquarters of the Center for Land-Based Learning (CLBL) in Woodland, CA, developed in partnership with the Yolo Resource Conservation District and the Carbon Cycle Institute, completed June 2024. Described as an “aspirational, living document,” the plan evaluates all possible practices to […]
Meet the Farms: Gemperle Farms
An Almond Living Magazine feature article (published July 13, 2022) profiling Christine Gemperle and her inclusion in the BBC Earth documentary series “The Green Planet” (Episode 5: “Human Worlds,” aired August 2022). Describes how a BBC crew spent three weeks filming at Gemperle Orchards in 2020 during a spectacular bloom season, drawn by the visual […]