Farms

Deadly Harvest

By Elisabeth Flynn on

The Farm-to-Table movement of the last decade has celebrated local farmers and their rural lifestyle. Sustainable farming is a wholesome and noble occupation that provides nutritious whole foods to an …

The Little Apple That Could

By Heidi Lewis on

Around the small Northern California town of Sebastopol, you see bumper stickers of all kinds. From the political to the apolitical to cosmic questions such as “What if the hokeypokey is what it’s all …

Live from the Hedgerow

By Shannan Slevin on

Embracing the dry June heat of San Joaquin County is a small price to pay when exploring the grounds of Lagier Ranches. This 120-acre family-run farm in Escalon, CA, is rich in trees and small fruits: …

Apples for All

By Heidi Lewis on

To satisfy the sharp desire I hadOf tasting those fair apples, I resolvedNot to defer; hunger and thirst at once /Powerful persuaders, quicken'd at the scentOf that alluring fruit, …

Winter on the Farm

By Heidi Lewis on

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. —William BlakeWinter is finally here in drought-stricken California, and we’ve gotten a break from all that balmy, summerlike weather we’ve …

From Law to Lambs

By Heidi Lewis on

“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from a cornfield.” —Dwight D. EisenhowerDick Blair and Betty Hui are second-career farmers. Blair spent 35 years …