Ariana Reguzzoni
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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
The fire may have destroyed their farms and homes, but these local farmers won’t stop growing food for the rest of us. By Ariana Reguzzoni Thirty years ago, Janet and Corrie Leisen settled in Santa Rosa’s Wikiup Bridgeway subdivision—a small valley tucked among towering oaks and eucalyptus and bordered by Mark West Creek. They raised…
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Handing Down the Farm
Succession isn’t always easy—even when it’s all in the family. Across from the old Watson School in Bodega, on a steep, craggy swath of land peppered with grazing meadows and dense wooded patches, sits a house built in 1917. “If we don’t take care of this land, we’re failing these people here,” says the house’s…
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From the Soil Up
Farmer training programs have popped up all over the county, and they teach beginners more than how to grow healthy crops. Kiley Clark lifts a box brimming with fresh cut heads of lettuce, dew drops still clinging to the tender purple and green leaves in the late morning sun, and strolls over to the walk-in…
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Nature’s Gate
The Regrarians Platform helps agriculture and natural landscapes coexist with grace. It’s late spring on Open Field Farm in Petaluma. With summer’s arrival, the farm’s CSA offerings will expand from winter’s limited root vegetables and greens to abundant tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, and berries. Just like every farm in the area, Open Field is on the…