Ted Chamberlin Ranch
@Chamberlin_Ranch FB Chamberlin Ranch Picture: Andrew Hill The Ted Chamberlin Ranch is located in the rolling hills of the Santa Ynez Valley, 30 miles inland from the Santa Barbara coast. The ranch occasionally gets morning fog in the summers, which rolls in from the Santa Ynez River. The summers are hot and dry with temperatures […]
It’s Time to Bring Back the Victory Garden
Planting a garden has the power to change the world. From right in your backyard (or front, or patio, or simple pot), you have the ability to strengthen your own local food system. And, when you make your garden regenerative, you can also help reverse global warming by restoring soil health. We think it’s time […]
Where do trees come from?
Out of what does a tree grow? A seed? The soil? No, trees grow out of thin air. The true magic of life on earth is photosynthesis: the process of using energy from the sun to break the carbon from carbon dioxide and connect it to hydrogen from H20 to create carbohydrates (liquid carbon sugar). […]
Gaviota Givings
This week’s farmer feature highlights Guner and Heidi Tautrim of Gaviota Givings. The family-run Orella Ranch is located on the Gaviota Coast of California, a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean and just 20 miles west of Santa Barbara. The Ranch has an extensive history and can be traced back to the Portolá Expedition in […]
Cuyama Lamb
“Our mission is rooted in the ambitious and idealistic hope that we can learn through engagement, observation, and our dedicated lifetimes to become active participants in the stewardship and regeneration of native ecosystems, watersheds, and human life ways.” With a changing climate, many communities nestled within Santa Barbara’s rolling hills have watched helplessly as the […]
Avenue 33 Farm
In the foothills of Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, one might expect to see couples walking down Griffin Avenue and enjoying lunch from the local taco stand, or teens skating down Broadway, so Ali Greer and Eric Tomassini tending to a hillside filled with edible greenery can be an unexpected sight. However unlikely, the regenerative duo […]
