The Plant Lab

The Plant Lab

We seek to nurture our relationships with plants so that we may cultivate a more peaceful, equitable, and regenerative planet. We honor ancestral knowledge alongside contemporary botany to strengthen culturally relevant foodways and local biodiversity. The Plant Lab is a botanical maker space, community seed hub, and regional seed bank in North County San Diego. […]

Friend’s Ranches Inc.

Friend's Ranches Inc.

Our family has been growing citrus in the Ojai Valley for over 125 years! We currently attend three farmers’ markets in Southern California year-round as well as selling directly from our packinghouse and running a seasonal mail order business. We also sell our tangerines to wholesalers throughout California including being one of the main wholesale […]

Moon + Oaks Farm

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 […]

Hummingbird Agrotek, LLC / The Agave Farm

We responsibly practice sustainable agriculture by implementing agroecological practices such as, maximizing crop diversification, organic fertilization, water and invertebrate conservation. We enhance carbon uptake by minimizing soil disturbance, maximizing biodiversity in the soil, cover cropping or mulching, applying compost yearly, and practicing agroforestry in our agave plantations. We are passionate about conserving and propagating our […]

LandUse Learning Center

The LandUse Learning Center (LLC) is a demonstration garden that exhibits sustainable* practices for the three main land uses of southern California: native habitats, urban areas, and agriculture. The LLC is an educational tool for empowering southern Californians to practice natural resource stewardship at home, at work, and in the community. Each area includes labeled […]

Limoneira Co.

Limoneira is a global producer of citrus, with primary operations located in Santa Paula, CA. Sustainability is a central concept within our ethos, and we work hard to employ existing best practices and experiment to discover new ones. Our goal is to promote the restoration of natural ecosystem services in order to minimize our environmental […]