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FarmShorts: Tara Firma Farms - Cattle

A healthy Rotational-Cycle-for-Healthy-Soil is necessary to keep our soil healthy and to keep our region from becoming a desert. Tara Smith of Tara Firma Farms in Petaluma, California, explains how th...

FarmShorts: Stewart Ranch

Friends of Stewart Ranch owners, Paula and Ailene Pritchett Tarap of Napa, California, have asked them why they don’t ditch the farm and plant vineyards instead. They answer that farming is “in their...

FarmShorts: Singing Frog Farm

Elizabeth and Paul Kaiser of Singing Frog Farm in Sebastopol, California, are building the soil by using no-till farming. Their work on behalf of pollinators, utilizing hedgerows and wildflowers has g...

FarmShorts: Black Mountain Farm

Marnie Jackson of Black Mountain Farm in Nicasio, California, moved to the country to reconnect with her childhood. She farms and works with fiber to create beautiful and memorable items. Black Mounta...

FarmShorts: Green String Farm

Green String Farm proprietor, Bob Cannard, uses his farm in Petaluma, California, to teach others about connecting to the earth and the sources of their food. The Green String Farm store is built on t...

FarmShorts: Full House Farm

Christie Cole owns Full House Farm in Sebastopol, California. She and her family share their farm with others in order to educate and inspire people. Her work with horses puts her in a state of creati...

FarmShorts: Canvas Ranch

Deborah Walton and Tim Schaible of Canvas Ranch in Petaluma, California, know that the first rule of farming is: close the gate! Their farm inspires their art. The land and the work informs their view...

Let Us Never Forget...

Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. - Dani...

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