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 […]
Meet Vineyard Owner Brook Williams
A 2018 wine blog interview with Brook Williams, owner of Duvarita Vineyard and Slide Hill Vineyard in Lompoc/Edna Valley, CA (operating under the J. Dirt Wines brand). Published prior to his Soil Health Academy training and Kiss the Ground partnership, the article covers Williams’ unconventional path into viticulture (coming from an accounting/winery management background), his […]
Duvarita Vineyard – Kiss the Ground Farmer Feature
A Kiss the Ground farmer feature article (published May 27, 2022) profiling Brook Williams, owner of Duvarita Vineyard in Lompoc, CA. Covers Williams’ background as a 30-year winery professional who transitioned to vineyard ownership in 2012, his adoption of biodynamic practices beginning in 2014 (certified biodynamic 2017), and how his participation in Kiss the Ground’s […]
Long-Term Soil Strategies Drive Many Environmental Benefits at Park Farming Organics
A CalCAN (California Climate & Agriculture Network) Farmer Climate Leader profile on Scott Park and Park Farming Organics, detailing how decades of cover cropping and composting have dramatically increased soil organic matter and carbon sequestration, improved water retention and drought resilience (cutting the number of irrigations needed), reduced synthetic fertilizer and pesticide dependency by 90%+, […]
Scott Park Farming – UC ANR Solution Center for Nutrient Management Farmer Profile
A farmer profile from the UC ANR Solution Center for Nutrient Management detailing Scott Park’s organic nutrient management philosophy and practices at Park Farming Organics in Meridian, CA. Covers his 4-year ideal crop rotation (tomatoes → rice → beans → wheat), how cover crops between each cash crop cycle provide nutrients and organic matter, his […]
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 […]
Park Farming Organics: Regenerative Transition Offers Lessons for Row Crop Growers
A trade magazine article from Organic Grower profiling Scott Park’s ~35-year regenerative transition at Park Farming Organics in Meridian, CA. Covers his soil management philosophy (“100% respect for the soil”), how cover crops and compost doubled soil organic matter over 30 years, his pivot away from intensive tillage to “targeted tillage,” his use of elaborate […]
Turkovich is Agriculturalist of the Year
A feature article from the Winters Express (published February 26, 2024) profiling Tony Turkovich, named the 2024 Yolo County Farm Bureau Agriculturalist of the Year — the top agricultural honor in California. Turkovich is co-owner and general manager of Button & Turkovich LLC, a large farming operation in Winters. The article covers his 50-year partnership […]
CDFA Healthy Soils Program Demonstration Project – Chorro Creek Ranch
A project page from the Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District (CSLRCD) describing a CDFA Healthy Soils Program Demonstration trial launched in 2020 at Cal Poly’s Chorro Creek Ranch. The project, conducted in partnership with Cal Poly State University, is a replicated field trial testing four combinations of compost application and tillage intensity (conventional vs. […]