The Carbon Farming Task Force, led by the San Diego County Farm Bureau and Solidarity Farm, brings together producers, researchers, technical assistance providers, policymakers, and funders to develop and advance climate-smart agricultural strategies in the region. ...
Since 2014, Coastal Roots Farm has been on a mission to cultivate healthy, connected communities through sustainable agriculture, food justice, and ancient Jewish wisdom. “We practice organic...
Becoming a subscriber to Foodshed’s Fresh 5 program—a weekly distribution of fresh, seasonal produce, grown by the small farmers who make up the Foodshed cooperative—means you’re in for two...
The greenhouse at Solutions Farms is cool, humid, and bright, vibrating with activity as employees tend rows of white trays overflowing with lettuces. Solutions Farms—a 2-acre, commercial aquaponic...
On the drive to Pauma Valley, it’s wise to slow down on Cole Grade Road. Not just because there are two hairpin turns as the road drops eight percent, but because a perfect, panoramic view appears...
At Pixca Farm, December showers quite literally brought Mother’s Day flowers: golden calendula, gumdrop-like gomphrena, tall and delicate caspia, and Pixca’s signature, bright orange...
Officially, Nick Stridsberg has been managing San Gabriel Ranch for seven years, since he took the reins at the 100-acre organic fruit farm in Valley Center while earning a degree in Business...
The need for strong local food systems became crystal clear during the COVID-19 pandemic when household food shortages flourished while abundances of food rotted at ports and warehouses because...
I was born in San Diego and raised by the Vietnamese refugee community here. As displaced peoples making a new home on foreign soil, I was taught to cultivate healthy grounds, grow cultural foods,...
