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; […]
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Video tour of the Landuse Learning Center
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 […]
Conducting Research on Your Own Farm | Farmer-Led Experiments & Innovation
A YouTube video (published February 25, 2025) focused on how farmers can structure on-farm trials and experiments to generate reliable, actionable results — framing farmers as natural innovators and problem-solvers.
Communicating the Beneficial Effects of Soil Health Practices: Yagi Sisters Farm Soil Data Summary 2023
A one-page UC Cooperative Extension handout authored by UCCE Advisor Ellie Andrews, presenting 2023 soil fertility, microbial, and structural assessment data from Yagi Sisters Farm with permission from Reyna Yagi. Includes results from Dellavalle Labs (soil fertility), Ward Labs (microbial biomass and diversity index), bulk density measurements, and water infiltration rates across multiple farm blocks […]
Interview with Molly Taylor on Cover Crops
A blog interview with PT Ranch manager Molly Taylor covering the ranch’s adoption of cover crops starting in 2020, including the specific species used (turnips, clovers, collard greens, oats, rye), their no-till approach, integration with cattle grazing, benefits to soil health and drought resilience, and how California’s Healthy Soils Incentive Program and carbon credit markets […]
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 than against it.
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 — illustrating how enterprise stacking enhances soil fertility and overall farm resilience
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.