How Regenerative Almonds are used in Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
A Kiss the Ground Farmland Program member Local to Southern California? You may be familiar with Fat Uncle Farms’ delicious flavored, roasted almonds, a fan favorite at farmer’s markets from Santa Barbara down to Los Angeles. The exceptionally crunchy almonds are flavored with herbs and spices like rosemary and sea salt, or cinnamon with a […]
Be Love Farm
Be Love Farm, owned by Matthew Engelhart and his wife Terces, is located in Vacaville, in Solano County, California. Though tucked in the Sacramento Valley, Vacaville is close enough to the San Francisco Bay Area that the farm is able to supply food to the Engelharts’ San Francisco restaurant, Gracias Madre, their long-standing restaurant in […]
Duvarita Vineyard
Duvarita Vineyard, owned by Brook Williams, is located in Lompoc, CA, about ten miles from the Pacific Ocean. The coastal, foggy climate is perfect for pinot noir, chardonnay, syrah, and grenache grapes. Duvarita’s grapes are distinct to the terroir of the land, and are notorious for their salty, saline, mineral, and wild fruit-like character. The […]
The 7 R’s of Regeneration
“Regeneration is more than a tool to sequester carbon. It’s the path to honoring Indigenous wisdom and practices that will build resiliency and abundance for future generations.” -Kiss the Ground It means to compost our organic materials, to plant seeds with the cycles, to tend to our gardens, to steward our lands, and to vote […]
Veramonte
Veramonte produces distinctive wines that are expressions of their origins. The winery is located in Casablanca, and the original vineyards were situated in a valley in Casablanca that when planted in the late 1990s was unknown to the wine industry. Veramonte follows organic practices throughout their estate, ensuring optimum conditions for vine growth and that […]
Medicine Creek Farm
Hannah Bernhardt – owner of Medicine Creek Farm, a beef, lamb, and pork operation in Finlayson, Minnesota – grew up on an industrial corn and soybean farm during the “Farm Crisis” of the 1980s. Up until 10 years ago Hannah never imagined returning to industrial agriculture – her experience with conventional agriculture showed bleak returns […]
