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CTE Grants Cultivate Culinary & Agricultural Skills
Sonoma County students will soon be building animal facilities, working in an apiary and earning food-handling credentials through a new round of Career Technical Education (CTE) grants. CTE Foundation Sonoma County has awarded $140,274 to 15 programs at 13 school sites for the 2026–27 school year. Several of the grants support agricultural and culinary education,…
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Glentucky Family Farm Continues 27 Years of Biodynamic Certification
High on Sonoma Mountain, a small Glen Ellen farm is marking a milestone few farms can claim. Glentucky Family Farm, owned by Mike and Mary Benziger since 1994, has maintained continuous biodynamic certification for 27 years. The 9.2-acre farm sits at about 800 feet between Jack London State Historic Park and Benziger Family Winery, occupying…
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U-Pick at Shone Farm is Very Berry
There’s something deeply satisfying about eating a berry you picked yourself—especially when it comes straight from one of Sonoma County’s most interesting working classrooms. Santa Rosa Junior College’s Shone Farm is opening its fields for a series of Friday U-Pick days, inviting the public to gather berries and other seasonal produce while getting a firsthand…
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Gold Ridge Organic Farms Launches Apple Press Initiative
One door closes and another opens—or more specifically, as one Sonoma County apple processing facility heads toward closure, another plans to open. Gold Ridge Organic Farms has announced plans to open a new 20,000-square-foot apple processing facility in Santa Rosa that will expand local processing capacity for organic apple growers and cider producers. This is…