Scott Park – Park Farming Organics Demo Farm Profile
A farm profile from CSU Chico’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems documenting Scott Park’s 50-year journey from conventional processing tomato farming to one of California’s most celebrated large-scale regenerative organic operations. Covers his 1985 soil revelation, his participation in the USDA NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) project with UC Extension, Chico State, and […]
Students from UC Davis visiting Phil Foster’s farm in Hollister
This short video shows Hollister, CA farmer, Phil Foster hosting students in the PLS110 Vegetable Crop Production class at his farm on Saturday, November 10th, 2022. He took them on a very nice walking tour of several areas and facilities at his organic vegetable farm.
Building Utopia
A feature article from Edible Monterey Bay magazine (Winter 2023) profiling Santa Cruz Permaculture (SCP) and its founder David Shaw. Describes SCP’s 26-acre organic farm leased between Davenport and Pescadero on the San Mateo/Santa Cruz coast — the former Swanton Berry Farm site — where Shaw and students grow food and medicinal crops for a […]
Introduction to Permaculture with David Shaw
A YouTube video (posted January 5, 2018) of a talk given by David Shaw, Santa Cruz Permaculture’s Director and Lead Designer, at a workshop hosted by Sustainable Solano in Fairfield, CA in August 2017. Shaw introduces the ethics and principles of permaculture and illustrates them with examples drawn from the permaculture flower framework — covering […]
Local Farmer and Educator David Shaw on Building Connections Through Permaculture and the Right Livelihood Center
A 55-minute podcast episode from KSQD 90.7 FM’s Talk of the Bay program (recorded June 20, 2024) featuring an interview with David Shaw, founder of Santa Cruz Permaculture and co-founder of the UCSC Right Livelihood Center. Shaw discusses his work as a whole systems designer, naturalist, farmer, and educator; the philosophy and practice of permaculture; […]
Full Belly Farm Interview — Farmer Paul Muller
A video interview with Paul Muller, co-owner of Full Belly Farm, filmed on location in Guinda, CA, discussing the farm’s organic practices and philosophy.
USDA California Climate Hub — Full Belly Farm Case Study
A USDA California Climate Hub case study walking through a five-step adaptation planning framework as applied to Full Belly Farm in Yolo County, covering climate change projections for the Capay Valley region and the farm’s practices for building soil health, diversifying crops, and reducing reliance on the electrical grid
Communicating the Beneficial Effects of Soil Health Practices
Gopher Management Field Day
Santa Cruz Permaculture
As of April 2022 we are stewards of a beautiful 26-acre farm, which lies on the unceded territory of the Quiroste people, near Davenport, CA. The land has been managed organically for the past 30 years and now we are transitioning to a regenerative, organic, no-till, mixed vegetable, flower, fruit, herb, and agroforestry farm with […]