With weather conditions so dry this year, we’re seeing more aphids on the fruit trees and on our favas than we have in a while. Aphids chew on leaves, sucking them dry so that the leaves can’t phot...
It seems that just overnight everything has leafed out and we’re full speed ahead toward our May harvest! Blossoms are falling away and revealing growing green fruits inside. You can already see th...
The wheat industry is suffering. Industrial farming has transformed a once nutritious and varied type of grain into something overly processed and flavorless. Follow that with a lack of transparenc...
Did you know trees can get sunburned? Just like for humans, there’s sunscreen for that! Only, tree sunscreen is better. The organic materials we apply to our trees are more like if your sunscreen p...
It was an exciting couple days last Thursday and Friday… A particular empty plot in the middle of our orchard rang out with music and excited voices. It was the beginning of a new orchard!
As with ...
Steve Sando of Rancho Gordo
with a portrait made out of
beans by Jason Mercier
“My beans are bubbling over! Hold on one sec,” says Steve Sando of Rancho Gordo over Zoom. His enthusiasm for hi...
The pandemic has shed light on just how essential each link in the food supply chain really is. That, of course, includes valuing the health and safety of those who grow our food. The philosophy of...
You can tell it’s a Thursday when a certain someone pops her head into the farm office with the warmest of greetings, “Hello beautiful, hello wonderful.” It’s Elena Velez, a longtime healthcare in...
