MacRostie- Thale’s Vineyard
MacRostie is committed to using sustainable management practices on all their ranches, including at Thale’s Vineyard near Healdsburg. MacRostie has been implementing sustainable practices for several years, to best care for their land and resources, and to produce high quality grapes for their wine. MacRostie is certified sustainable by the California Sustainable Winegrowers Alliance. They […]
Saraleeās Vineyard
Saraleeās 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 […]
California Organic Center Field Day
Balancing Soil Health and Farmer Health
Tillage in Small-Scale Annual Cropping Systems: Balancing Farmer Wellbeing and Soil Health
Yagi Sisters Farm
Yagi Sisters Farm is a small-scale vegetable and herb farm in Sebastopol, CA that centers ecology, diversity, and localization in serving our community. We like to remember our roots, serve roots (on a plate and in tending), and root for others who are in aligned missions of care, quality and community well being.
Ferrington Vineyard
Ferrington Vineyard is located on 167 acres in the Anderson Valley, in Boonville, CA. The property is a little more than half valley floor. Steep, oak-grassland hills comprise 63 acres of the property and host a herd of 40 ewe sheep. About 76 acres of the property are planted to vineyards.
Chorro Creek Ranch
On Cal Poly’s Chorro Ranch, near Cuesta Community College in San Luis Obispo, California, an HSP Demonstration experiment was applied on a 10-acre hayfield. The experiment, launched in October of 2020, assesses the impact of compost application along with reduced tillage practices on soil health, yield, and forage quality on a field with cropley clay […]
Park Farming Organics
Park Farming was founded in 1980 with processing tomatoes as the main crop. Through time the company perspective on farming shifted toward a more environmentally sensitive attitude, culminating in the transition to organic acreage in 1992. The change in company practices included more thoughtful crop rotation, extensive use of cover crops, gentler tillage methods, and […]
Phil Foster Ranches
Phil and Katherine FosterĀ farm 295 acres ofĀ C.C.O.F.Ā certified organic fruit and vegetables on two ranches near San Juan Bautista and Hollister, California.Ā We have a diverse range of crops, marketing up to 60 produce items at the peak of the season.Ā We sell at theĀ farm on Saturdays, atĀ farmers markets, through localĀ retail stores,Ā local wholesalers, and several national […]