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5 with a Farmer: Molly Taylor of PT Ranch
A short-form video in Kiss the Ground’s “5 with a Farmer” series, featuring five rapid-fire questions with PT Ranch manager Molly Taylor about regenerative farming, her philosophy on soil health, and what she hopes future generations understand about working with nature rather th
AUTHOR: Kiss the Ground
SOURCE: Kiss the Ground YouTube Channel
REGIONS: Sierra Nevada Foothills and Mountains
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Agroforestry, Diversified, Livestock
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Cover Crop, Residue And Tillage Management, No Till, Rotational Grazing
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Hay Other, Hogs and Pigs, Livestock, Poultry, Sheep
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A Biological Control Buffet in the Salad Bowl of America
AUTHOR: Dr Eric Brennan
SOURCE: USDA-ARS
REGIONS: Central Coast
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Vegetables
SOIL TYPE(S): Loamy, Sandy/Coarse
A Flock of All Trades
A feature article from Bluedot Living’s Santa Barbara Green Guide (March 2025) profiling Cuyama Lamb’s multifaceted operation
AUTHOR: Joan Tapper
SOURCE: Bluedot Living
REGIONS: Central Coast
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Livestock
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Rotational Grazing
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Sheep and Lambs
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A Pictorial Guide to Hedgerow Plants for Beneficial Insects
This publication provides a straightforward pictorial guide to several of the most benefi cial hedgerow
plant species used in farmscaping for native pollinators and insect predators and parasites in California.
It provides plant names, bloom times, heights, and descriptions that
AUTHOR: Omar Rodriguez and Rex Dufour
SOURCE: NCAT ATTRA
REGIONS: ALL
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: All
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Hedgerow Planting, Pollinator Habitat
CROPS/PRODUCTS: All
SOIL TYPE(S): All
A Quick Trip to the Salad Bowl of the World
AUTHOR: Dr Eric Brennan
SOURCE: USDA-ARS
REGIONS: Central Coast
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Vegetables
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Cover Crop
SOIL TYPE(S): Loamy, Sandy/Coarse
A Soil Health Farmer Profile Rich Gemperle, Gemperle Farms Case Study
AUTHOR: American Farmland Trust
SOURCE: American Farmland Trust
REGIONS: North San Joaquin Valley
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Orchard and Vine Crops
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Compost Application, Cover Crop
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Almonds
SOIL TYPE(S): Loamy, Sandy/Coarse
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Adaptation of Warm Season Cover Crops for California
Warm season cover crops are rarely grown in California, as irrigation is required during the hot, dry summers. This trial evaluated a range of warm season cover crops with minimal irrigation water applied for adaptation to California’s Central Valley in 2017-2020
AUTHOR: Jennifer Wood
SOURCE: USDA-NRCS Lockeford Plant Materials Center
REGIONS: North San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento Valley, South San Joaquin Valley
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: All
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Cover Crop
CROPS/PRODUCTS: All
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Advocating for Cover Crop Nitrogen Credits – Ag Order 4.0
AUTHOR: Dr Eric Brennan
SOURCE: USDA-ARS
REGIONS: Central Coast
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Vegetables
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Cover Crop
SOIL TYPE(S): Loamy, Sandy/Coarse
Baa Baa Local Sheep: Cuyama Lamb, Stewards for the Land
A longform magazine article from Edible Santa Barbara’s Summer/Fall 2020 issue offering an in-depth, personal account of Cuyama Lamb founders Jack Thrift Anderson and Jenya Schneider.
AUTHOR: Rosminah Brown
SOURCE: Edible Santa Barbara (Summer/Fall 2020 issue
REGIONS: Central Coast
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Livestock
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Rotational Grazing
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Sheep Lambs, Wool
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Balancing Soil Health and Farmer Health
Field trial on the tradeoffs of tillage and low/no-till approaches, farmer decision making processes, and small farm sustainability that integrates soil health and farmer health.
The field trial was developed and led by UCCE Advisor Ellie Andrews in partnership with Reyna Yagi o
AUTHOR: Ellie Andrews, UC Cooperative Extension Reyna Yagi, Yagi Sisters Farm Emilie Winfield, North Coast Soil Hub Vivian Wauters, UC SAREP California Farm Demonstration Network Sonja Brodt, UC SAREP California Farm Demonstration Network Paolo Solari, UC Cooperative Extension Sonoma County Agricultural Technician
REGIONS: North Coast
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Diversified
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Residue And Tillage Management, No Till, Residue And Tillage Management, Reduced Till, Soil Health Practices
CROPS/PRODUCTS: All
SOIL TYPE(S): All
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BIOS Field Day at Unruh Farms
A blog post recap from Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) documenting a June 16, 2022 Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS) project field day held at Unruh Farms in Princeton, CA.
AUTHOR: Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF); Hanna Kahl, CAFF Ecological Pest Management Specialist
SOURCE: Community Alliance with Family Farmers – CAFF
REGIONS: Sacramento Valley
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Orchard Crops
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Cover Crop, Integrated Pest Management
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Walnuts English
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Burroughs Family Farms: Daily Care of Pastured Poultry
A video in which Rosie Burroughs introduces her grandson Jed and walks through the daily care practices for pastured poultry at Burroughs Family Farms, showing how chickens are managed as part of the farm’s diversified, multigenerational regenerative operation
AUTHOR: NCAT ATTRA
SOURCE: NCAT ATTRA
REGIONS: North San Joaquin Valley
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Livestock, Pasture
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Livestock Integration, Rotational Grazing
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Chickens Broilers, Eggs Chicken
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Burroughs Family Farms: Integrating Pastured Poultry with Dairy, Almonds, and Olives
A video in which Ward Burroughs describes the integration (“stacking”) of pastured chickens with the farm’s other enterprises — chickens following cows in dairy pastures and grazing in almond and olive orchards during winter
AUTHOR: NCAT ATTRA
SOURCE: NCAT ATTRA
REGIONS: North San Joaquin Valley
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Agroforestry, Diversified, Orchard Crops, Organic
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Rotational Grazing, Soil Health Practices
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Almonds, Cattle Milk Cows, Eggs, Olives
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Burroughs Family Farms: Pioneering Regenerative Organic Certified Almond Farming
A Q&A-style article featuring Benina Burroughs Montes, managing partner of Burroughs Family Orchards, describing how the fifth-generation family farm became the first Regenerative Organic Certified almond operation in the country
AUTHOR: Shara Rutberg
SOURCE: New Hope Network
REGIONS: North San Joaquin Valley
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Livestock, Orchard Crops, Organic
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Cover Crop, Drainage Water Management, Hedgerow Planting, Livestock Integration, Residue And Tillage Management, Reduced Till, Rotational Grazing
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Almonds, Cattle Cows, Olives, Sheep, Walnuts English
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CalCAN Summit 2022: Recap of Farm Tours
On a bright and chilly Sunday CalCAN hosted a daylong farm tour as part of its 2022 summit. As with prior years, the available spaces on the farm tour were snapped up quickly and it’s no wonder why: the day gave us the chance to connect directly with farmers and land stewards.
AUTHOR: Sandra Nakagawa
SOURCE: CalCAN
REGIONS: Sacramento Valley
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Diversified, Field and Row Crops, Hay / alfalfa, Livestock, Native Habitat (Low / No Management), Orchard and Vine Crops, Organic, Urban Agriculture
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Compost Application, Compost Purchased From a Certified Facility, Cover Crop, Cultural Burning, Hedgerow Planting, Livestock Integration, Prescribed Burning, Residue And Tillage Management, Reduced Till
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Almonds, Field Crops, Fruits and Vegetables, Tomatoes Processing, Vegetables
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California Soil Health Partnership
SOURCE: National Resource Conservation Service
REGIONS: ALL
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: All
SOIL TYPE(S): All
Ceres Almond Grower Tests Cover Crops to Save Water
A KCRA-TV Sacramento news segment and article featuring Tanya Gemperle-Goncalves, sustainability manager for Gemperle Family Farm in Ceres. The piece explains how the 45-acre almond orchard has spent several years testing cover crops
AUTHOR: KCRA News staff
SOURCE: KCRA-TV
REGIONS: North San Joaquin Valley
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Orchard Crops
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Cover Crop, Integrated Pest Management, Pollinator Habitat
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Almonds
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Communicating the Beneficial Effects of Soil Health Practices
How do we communicate key messages about on-farm soil health practices to buyers,
consumers, other farmers, and the public? How can we use indicators to assess effects and
demonstrate the value of outcomes? Here is one example exploring these questions. Thank
you, Reyna Yagi, Yag
AUTHOR: Ellie Andrews
SOURCE: UCANR
REGIONS: North Coast
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Vegetables
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Soil Health Practices
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Fruits and Vegetables
SOIL TYPE(S): All
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Conservation Tillage Dairy Sillage Cropping Systems
AUTHOR: Dr. Jeff Mitchell
SOURCE: University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
REGIONS: South San Joaquin Valley
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Field and Row Crops, Vegetables
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Conservation Tillage, Residue And Tillage Management, Reduced Till
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Cotton, Tomatoes
SOIL TYPE(S): Clayey/Fine, Loamy
Conservation Tillage Tomato Cropping Systems
AUTHOR: Dr. Jeff Mitchell
SOURCE: University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
REGIONS: South San Joaquin Valley
PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Field and Row Crops, Vegetables
CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Conservation Tillage, Residue And Tillage Management, Reduced Till
CROPS/PRODUCTS: Cotton, Tomatoes
SOIL TYPE(S): Clayey/Fine, Loamy