Farm Talk
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Patch Work
The Amazing Corn Maze at the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch Every autumn, Jim Groverman gives Sonoma County a good reason to get lost. His Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze, alongside Highway 101, is in its 34th season of supplying porch pumpkins and temporarily misplaced family members. The fourth-generation farmer recently joined food consultant Clark…
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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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Olive Me: Gold Ridge Organic Farms’ New Olive Oil Collection Celebrates Sonoma
There are pantry staples, and then there are your everyday go-to’s that you keep within easy reach on the kitchen counter. Gold Ridge Organic Farms’ new With Love From Sonoma County collection are the latter. The award-winning organic extra virgin olive oils are paired with original label art inspired by the colors and character of…
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The Artistry of Agriculture
Farming, Found Objects, and Creative Ingenuity with Paul Wirtz of Paul’s Produce. Cover photo by Lauren Papalia Lauren Papalia is the Cooperative Engagement Coordinator at FEED Cooperative, part of their marketing team, and a sometimes writer. She met with FEED Cooperative producer-member Paul Wirtz this summer at his farm . . . On a pleasant…
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Farm Talk – Buzzworthy
PHOTOS BY KELSEY JOY PHOTOGRAPHY The first thing that strikes me are all the wings: bees, dragonflies, lacewings, butterflies. Just to name a few. Teeming with aerial action, the farm is abuzz with life. Everywhere, there is a pervasive sense of interaction and collaboration. Pollinators are very busy around here, and so are the humans…