KC Spotlight: Tony Azevedo

Q&A profile of Tony Azevedo, farmer/farm manager at Stone Land Co. near Lemoore — his path into farming, how Westside water regulation has reshaped the business, and his advocacy work on agricultural water rights.

Organic Farm System: Phil Foster Ranches

Detailed whole-farm case study covering farm philosophy, soil management, insect pest management, and disease management systems, developed with Western SARE support.

Phil Foster — Hedgerows at Foster Ranch

Profile of hedgerow/insectary plantings for biodiversity and pest control, plus carbon-sequestration benefits; includes an embedded video featuring Dr. Tara Pisani Gareau (Boston College).

Farmer Climate Leader: Phil Foster

Profile of Foster as a “Farmer Climate Leader,” covering soil carbon building, drip irrigation, non-synthetic pest control, and on-farm solar/biodiesel energy.

The Maples Farm Carbon Farm Plan

A publicly available Carbon Farm Plan (CFP) for The Maples Farm — the 30-acre headquarters of the Center for Land-Based Learning (CLBL) in Woodland, CA, developed in partnership with the Yolo Resource Conservation District and the Carbon Cycle Institute, completed June 2024. Described as an “aspirational, living document,” the plan evaluates all possible practices to […]

Center for Land-Based Learning: Deepening Ties Between Local Ag, Local Markets, and Local Need

A community journalism feature article from The Dirt (a free, independent publication covering Davis and Yolo County), published March 22, 2026, profiling CLBL’s Community Food Program and its role connecting local farms — including Riverfront Farm in West Sacramento — to food-insecure residents across Yolo County. Features quotes from Community Food Program Manager Christopher Wong […]

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 […]