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Meet Bob Ferguson, an asparagus farmer who loves to travel. Bob’s family has been farming since 1904. Bob has some very real talk about what it takes to be a farmer. Check out what he has to...
Meet Rick Benson, a fourth generation olive farmer who had his own cotton farm at the age of 18 while he was in college. See what Rick likes to do when he isn’t farming and what he’s been up to...
Meet Kyle Hagerty, an urban farmer in Sacramento. Kyle grows his crops and then gives them away for free at his farm stand located in front of his house! We think that’s pretty amazing! Learn...
Meet Art Kishiyama. After 26 years in the air force and 15 years as a Walt Disney Imagineer, Art is now growing olives and producing olive oil in Paso Robles and enjoying his retirement as a...
Meet Michael Silveira, a California Ripe Olives grower who loves to go dry fly fishing! Michael is also currently serving as the Chairman of the Board for the California Olive Committee. Learn...
Meet Helena Sylvester, a California Certified Organic Farmer, of Happy Acre Farm in Alameda County. After being a vegetarian and watching food documentaries, she decided she wanted to grow the food...
Meet Michael Antle! Michael has always wanted to be a farmer, ever since he was a young kid out in the field with his dad. Now Michael grows artisan lettuce, romaine, broccoli, cauliflower and...
Meet Chris Hay, an organic farmer in Yolo County. Chris became a farmer because he was attracted to the craft and art form of farming. See what he’s up to at Say Hay Farms! CA GROWN: What are you...
We caught up with Bill Spencer, farmer at Windrose Farms in Paso Robles. See what he was up to and learn why he went into farming! CA GROWN: What are you doing today? Bill: Today...
Meet John Newell. John’s a greenhouse farmer. John’s favorite part of farming is being able to promote healthy eating. We think John’s pretty awesome! CA GROWN: What drew you into the...
Meet Karen Tallent, she left the corporate world to run her own olive farm in San Luis Obispo. She is very passionate about olive oil and she even considers talking about olive oil to be her...
We had fun catching up with San Diego flower farmer, Mike Mellano! See what he's up to and learn why he became a farmer! FUN FACT: he doesn't just raise beautiful blooms he also raises...