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 […]
Pleasant Grove Farms
We are a family farm dedicated to growing great tasting, certified organic regenerative rice, popcorn, corn, wheat, triticale, and beans, while conserving our resources and restoring riparian wildlife habitat for birds, pollinators, and Monarch butterflies. We also have a grain mill which allows us to clean the crops from our fields and prepare it for […]
Traceland
Traceland is a small family farm on the central coast of California.We have been growing certified organic avocados since 2005. As a family of landscapers and naturalists, the farm is at the nexus of art, agriculture and ecological restoration. Our food systems are based on agro-ecological production and keyline water management. We have seen satisfactory […]
Cultivating Biodiversity, Soil Health, and Community in North Coast Vineyards
ESRCD SOILS (Stewardship of Irrigated Lands) Center
SOILS (Stewardship of Irrigated Lands) Center; ESRCD’s SOILS Center in Ceres, CA aims to provide education, resources, and technical assistance to our community. This includes but is not limited to farming demonstrations, native plant garden workshops, cooking demonstrations, farm-to-school programs, food & wine tastings, etc.
USDA-NRCS Lockeford Plant Materials Center (CAPMC)
Our main focus is to develop plant technology for addressing resource concerns, which in California include; soil health, water-use efficiency for water quality and quantity, air quality, wildlife habitat and land restoration. The CAPMC has developed and maintains conservation plant releases, which include native and non-native releases with application for range and pasture enhancement, cover […]
Cache Creek Nature Preserve
The focus of the Conservancy’s work has been riparian restoration along a fourteen mile stretch of the Lower Cache Creek. We operate from and manage the Jan T. Lowrey Nature Preserve, which is often called the ‘Cache Creek Nature Preserve’. The Cache Creek Conservancy is a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration and preservation of […]