Exploring Our Local Watershed: The Cache Creek Nature Preserve
A feature column from the Davis Enterprise (published October 8, 2024) by Yolo County Master Gardener Lorie Hammond, informed by a conversation with Jim Barrett, Board Chair of the Cache Creek Conservancy (CCC). The article provides an accessible introduction to Cache Creek’s watershed, history, and ecology — tracing the creek from Clear Lake through the […]
Farm Feature: Table Bluff Farms
A farm feature article from the North Coast Co-op / NEC (Natural Energy Co-op) blog (published September 30, 2022) profiling Table Bluff Farm in Loleta, Humboldt County. Covers the farm’s founding story (Hannah and her partner moving their menagerie from Bayside to Loleta in 2017), the 2-acre microfarm’s low/no-till philosophy (using pigs to bio-till and […]
Table Bluff Farm – Kiss the Ground Farmland Transition Program Feature
A Kiss the Ground farmer feature article profiling Hannah Eisloeffel and her partner Nic, founders of Table Bluff Farm — a 2-acre, first-generation, woman-owned regenerative microfarm in Loleta, Humboldt County. Covers the farm’s origin story (a compacted, overgrown horse pasture converted starting in 2017 through three NRCS/CDFA grants: EQIP, SWEEP, and Healthy Soils Program), their […]
Long-Term Soil Strategies Drive Many Environmental Benefits at Park Farming Organics
A CalCAN (California Climate & Agriculture Network) Farmer Climate Leader profile on Scott Park and Park Farming Organics, detailing how decades of cover cropping and composting have dramatically increased soil organic matter and carbon sequestration, improved water retention and drought resilience (cutting the number of irrigations needed), reduced synthetic fertilizer and pesticide dependency by 90%+, […]
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Training Future Farmers To Grow More Than Food
A KneeDeep Times feature article (published December 4, 2024) about Agroecology Commons Farm, a three-acre educational incubator farm in El Sobrante (Contra Costa County) run by co-founders Brooke Porter and Alexa Levy. Focuses on their Bay Area Farmer-to-Farmer Training Program (BAFFT), a nine-month program centering BIPOC, queer, and working-class beginning farmers in both technical agricultural […]
Diversified Drought-Tolerant Silvopasture in Oak Savanna Rangeland: PT Ranch Producer Case Study
A producer case study profiling PT Ranch in Ione, CA, documenting how ranch manager Molly Taylor implemented four silvopasture systems — a fruit orchard, pig fodder bank, olive orchard, and irrigated pasture hedgerows — to restore native oak savanna, sequester carbon, and diversify farm income through integrated tree-livestock systems.
Rosie Burroughs — Abundant Year-Round Habitat at Burroughs Family Farm
A Wild Farm Alliance farmer success story featuring Rosie Burroughs, who discusses her farm’s approach to providing year-round wildlife habitat through hedgerows, native plants, and intentional stewardship of farm vegetation in all seasons — supporting pollinators, beneficial insects, and birds alongside organic almond, dairy, and livestock production.
Diversify Your Farm to Support Birds and Make It Safer — Full Belly Farm
A short video profile from Wild Farm Alliance featuring Dru Rivers and the partners at Full Belly Farm, highlighting the farm’s approach to biodiversity through nesting barn owls, hedgerows, and riparian buffers to support beneficial birds throughout the farmscape
Full Belly Farm: A Model for Water Conservation and Innovation During Drought
A blog post from EDF’s Growing Returns series examining how Full Belly Farm uses voluntary conservation measures — including compost application, cover cropping, crop rotation, drip irrigation, and pollinator habitat planting — to build soil health and groundwater resilience during California drought conditions