Interdependence Celebration

By |2018-01-25T12:47:04-08:00January 1st, 2018|Crop & Field Notes, Farm News & Tom's Reflections|

The freedom to celebrate and express our unique individuality, our INDEPENDENCE, is closely linked to and made possible by the support and participation of a healthy community of INTERDEPENDENT members. As a farmer treating the land as a “living organism” always reminds me of that dynamic - the food we grow nourishes members in our [...]

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Community Supported Agriculture: A healthy partnership of land, plants, animals, and people

By |2022-10-26T12:53:04-07:00January 1st, 2018|CSA, Farm News & Tom's Reflections|

It’s “Sign-up time” once again, and it’s wonderful to see how many of our current members have responded so quickly to participate in our 19th CSA season. It is a confirmation and a reassuring feeling to be able to count on the pivotal support of our CSA partnership. Aldo Leopold in his classic book, A [...]

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New Beginnings without Winter Dormancy

By |2022-10-26T12:52:42-07:00January 1st, 2018|Farm News & Tom's Reflections|

We are delighted to welcome both returning and new members to celebrate our 20th anniversary of Community Supported Farming. As many returning members have noticed, we have taken the CSA in a new direction by introducing the entire membership to the more flexible and choice based program we offered on a limited basis last year. [...]

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There’s a reason it’s called “Tradition”

By |2018-01-26T13:12:05-08:00December 31st, 2017|Farm News & Tom's Reflections|

The traditional Welcome Circle at our Solstice Celebration is always special, because it gives meaning to everything Live Earth Farm stands for: a deep bond with nature, where food is the common link that nurtures our health, our environment and our community. Last Saturday, four long potluck tables were loaded with dishes to be shared. [...]

Limited, Precious Water

By |2018-01-26T13:11:26-08:00December 31st, 2017|Farm News & Tom's Reflections|

Last week Juan called me, alarmed, because one of our main wells was not pumping water. We had just transplanted leeks and celery early that morning and temperatures were forecast in the mid-eighties. It felt as if someone pushed my Survival Instinct Alert button; at that moment, nothing was more important than to get the [...]

County Supervisor Kaputt working in Live Earth Farm’s Fields

By |2018-01-26T13:15:26-08:00December 31st, 2017|Farm News & Tom's Reflections|

Last week we had an unusual visitor. Santa Cruz County Supervisor Greg Kaputt spent two days working with us in the fields. He arrived on Thursday at 9:00 AM and didn’t hesitate to jump right in to work side-by side with our field crew. First he worked with Noah and Laura picking Cherry Tomatoes, Peppers, [...]

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One for the Record Books

By |2018-01-26T13:11:39-08:00December 31st, 2017|Farm News & Tom's Reflections|

We always love getting pictures of your children and Live Earth Farm's produce to share with everyone in the newsletter. Here's the latest -- from our very own Jessica Ridgeway, director of LEFDP. Her new baby, Current, shares the stage with a truly massive chard leaf, and her older sister, Ophelia.

Living on the Water’s “Edge”

By |2018-01-26T13:13:23-08:00December 31st, 2017|Farm News & Tom's Reflections|

Last week while accompanying our son to the east coast to start his journey as a college student, we saw large tracks of corn and soybeans severely stunted from this year's record-breaking drought. I am so used to irrigation agriculture that I had to remind myself that the vast majority of this country's farmland is [...]

Technology to the Rescue

By |2018-01-26T13:13:11-08:00December 31st, 2017|Farm News & Tom's Reflections|

Overwhelmed with the amount of harvesting going on at the moment it's been tricky to stay on top of propagation and planting schedules. Most of our crops are raised from seed, grown into seedlings and hand transplanted when they are large enough to thrive under the more challenging field conditions. The moment a seed is [...]

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