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.
Rosie & Ward Burroughs: Farmer Heroes Building Sustainable, Climate-Resilient Farms in California’s Central Valley
A Farm Aid Farmer Heroes profile of Rosie and Ward Burroughs, who own and operate sustainable organic farms in California’s Central Valley, detailing their commitment to soil health, management intensive grazing, on-farm composting, solar energy, French drain water management systems, and their advocacy for climate-friendly farming through organizations such as CalCAN and WODPA
Friend’s Ranches Inc.
Our family has been growing citrus in the Ojai Valley for over 125 years! We currently attend three farmers’ markets in Southern California year-round as well as selling directly from our packinghouse and running a seasonal mail order business. We also sell our tangerines to wholesalers throughout California including being one of the main wholesale […]
Moon + Oaks Farm
At Moon + Oaks Farm, we are committed to cultivating a lush, biodiverse landscape where humans participate as stewards within the ecosystem-woven into it, not apart from it. Inspired by the Chumash name for Ojai, which is derived from the Ventureño Chumash word ʼawhaý, meaning “moon” and oaks, which are keystone species in the Ojai […]
Saralee’s Vineyard
Saralee’s Vineyard launched a compost and tillage field trial in 2018, initially funded for three years through a grant from the Healthy Soils Program, coordinated by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. After the grant period ended, Jackson Family Wines committed to continuing the trial to monitor long-term changes in soil health, working in […]
Biologically Integrated Farming Systems: Whole Orchard Nutrient Cycling and On-Farm Composting
Sowing Seeds of Change
THE VISION CORE VALUES: Love, Respect, Stewardship, Diversity. Sowing Seeds of Change has a mission to empower our participants to discover and and actively engage in a local food system that encourages healthy living, nurtures the environment, and grows a sustainable community through vocational training, youth entrepreneurship, and leadership opportunities. Our primary objectives and vision […]