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Sweet Girl Farms: Redefining the Modern Farm Stand

Sweet Girl Farms gets a lot of attention for its viral Instagram videos and robust social media following, but there's much more to this Reedley farm than eye-catching content. We met with owner...

Stop and Smell the Flowers at Lavender Fresh Farm

Lavender Fresh Farm offers a unique opportunity for people to relax and immerse themselves in the beauty of agriculture. We spoke with Heather Gillispie to learn more about this family-owned U-pick...

Earthrise Nutritionals: California Grown Spirulina

The spirulina grown by Earthrise Nutritionals is technically a plant. It is also, it turns out, a very patient chemist. Over hundreds of millions of years, this microscopic blue-green algae learned...

Five Crowns: Sweet Corn & Melons from Imperial Valley

At Five Crowns, the sweet corn is too sweet to pick with a machine because the kernels burst on contact. So every ear that ends up in a Southern California grocery store has been snapped off the...

Doc’s Organics: Family Citrus & Dates in Imperial Valley

More than thirty years ago, a blind grape taste test in the Imperial Valley settled a family argument. The organic grape won. That was the moment Doc's Organics got its start as one of the largest...

Flying Disc Ranch: Permaculture Dates in Coachella

Flying Disc Ranch is an eleven-acre permaculture date farm in Thermal, California, in the heart of the Coachella Valley, one of the only regions in North America capable of producing fully...

Greenbelt Growers Nurseries: Redefining California Landscaping

Greenbelt Growers in Riverside is one of California’s leading native grass nurseries, supplying drought-tolerant plants for landscapes across the state. As California shifts toward...

Park Winters: California’s Dreamiest U-Pick Flower Farm

It’s nearly impossible to describe Park Winters, a Yolo County U-pick flower farm, inn and event center. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and in this case, that’s entirely true....

Celebrate Seasonal Produce & Flowers with Full Belly Farm

Situated amongst the rolling hills of the Capay Valley, Full Belly Farm celebrates the beauty of organic produce, seasonal eating and California agriculture. Dru Rivers, one of the owners of Full...

Riverdog Farm: More Than Just Great Produce 

At Riverdog Farm, farming isn’t just about growing great produce. Owner Tim Mueller is equally committed to providing a stable, safe environment for his employees - the people who help to keep the...

Why Bernard Ranch Citrus Stands Out at SoCal Farmers Markets

Bernard Ranch in Riverside, California, is known for some of the freshest citrus at Southern California farmers’ markets, as it’s often picked just two to three days before it’s sold. With...

Spilling the Tea on Redwood Tea Estate

Learn more about how tea is grown and taste premium CA GROWN tea varieties at Redwood Tea Estate. Redwood Tea Estate is just minutes outside of Stockton, but as you leave the city streets and...

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