Jova Orchards
Growing almonds with compost.
Grower Profile #6: Daniel Unruh, Successful Cover Crop Stand in an Orchard System
A Soil Health Farmer Profile Rich Gemperle, Gemperle Farms Case Study
Gemperle Family Farms
Welcome to Gemperle Family Farms, a third generation farm family. Ever since we established our farm in the early 1950’s our family strives to provide the freshest local eggs to our customers and community. Our family values encompass strong stewardship … caring for our environment, our hens, our customers and our community. We are innovative […]
Cover cropping in orchards: optimizing benefits, addressing challenges, and weed suppression
Community Alliance with Family Farmers invites you to an in-person field event on cover cropping in orchards. We’ll discuss seeding methods, management goals, common cover crop challenges, and weed suppression. We’ll take a walking tour of the orchards and have time for open discussion. Speakers: Tanya Gemperle Gonsalves and Richard Gemperle, Valley Fresh Foods Paul Lum […]
Gemperle Orchards Faith Home Orchard – Soil Health Case Study
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 […]
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 […]