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. […]
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 […]
Unruh Farms
Colusa walnut farmer Daniel Unruh has been in the process of transforming the conventional family farm he inherited from his father-in-law into what he intends to be a model for Regenerative Agriculture. It has taken time and effort—and he still uses fertilizers and chemicals in what he believes is an intermediate stage of the process—but […]
Gemperle Orchards
Christine and her brother Erich have been growing almonds since 1999, the year they purchased their farm in Ceres, California. Now, the sibling duo farms 40 acres in Ceres and 92 acres in Gustine. Throughout the last two decades of their farming careers, they have sought to learn more about better farming practices; not just […]
Handy Farms
Handy Farms facilitates life for our family, and those who order our product from out little homestead organic farm – the healthiest, most abundant, and diverse life possible on our little farm is our mission! Then share the harvest with all who desire, and value organic, nutrient-dense food grown regeneratively. Our commitment is soil health. […]
Burroughs Family Farms
Our family aims to produce the cleanest and most delicious foods in a way that protects and enhances the soil, air, water, and the environment in which we live. We work hard to use all resources carefully and wisely and to farm systematically while integrating all aspects of our farming operations. We employ a whole […]
ESRCD SOILS (Stewardship of Irrigated Lands) Center
SOILS (Stewardship of Irrigated Lands) Center; ESRCD’s SOILS Center in Ceres, CA aims to provide education, resources, and technical assistance to our community. This includes but is not limited to farming demonstrations, native plant garden workshops, cooking demonstrations, farm-to-school programs, food & wine tastings, etc.
Maples Farm
The Center for Land-Based Learning’s Headquarters at Maples Farm is a 30-acre campus that houses new offices, the Best Classroom where they hold in-person classes, and productive farmland and associated infrastructure. Beginning farmers in the Center’s California Farm Academy Farm Business Incubator Program can lease plots of farmland on Maples Farm or in West Sacramento, […]
Cache Creek Nature Preserve
The focus of the Conservancy’s work has been riparian restoration along a fourteen mile stretch of the Lower Cache Creek. We operate from and manage the Jan T. Lowrey Nature Preserve, which is often called the ‘Cache Creek Nature Preserve’. The Cache Creek Conservancy is a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration and preservation of […]
San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center
The San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center is part of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) which is the research branch of the United States Department of Agriculture. The facility was completed in 2000 on a 130-acre tract of land which includes 100 acres of agricultural land that is used for research. The center is located […]