Family Farming Harvesting Orchard 
RR2CS
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
In 2007, after the perennial berry had established, the Gelowitz’s enjoyed their first harvest. Today, the idea has taken root: they’ve expanded their business into Solstice Berry Farm, a 40-acre orchard, managing 10 acres for a U-Pick operation and 30 acres for commercial production. The airflow is important for the orchard.”
Caff
AUGUST 5, 2022
The Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) hosted our fourth Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) field day, titled “Effective IPM Strategies for Major Walnut Pests,” at Blossom Farms on July 12th. Hanna Kahl explaining CAFF programs and resources to growers at the beginning of the field day.
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Modern Farmer
DECEMBER 1, 2023
We lost 10 percent of our saleable Christmas trees that year,” says Leanna Anderson, owner of Aldor Acres Family Farm in Langley, British Columbia and treasurer of the BC Christmas Tree Association. Photo courtesy of Aldor Acres Farm. Photography courtesy of Aldor Acres Farm.
Modern Farmer
JULY 14, 2023
It’a not just because it’s cheaper and not just because Capay Hills Orchard , his farm just north of Sacramento, is in an area of California that is increasingly drought-prone. Treehouse Almonds sources nuts from roughly 50,000 acres in California’s Central Valley, and Gardiner’s family farm provides about 20,000 of them.
CalCAN
AUGUST 10, 2023
Christine Gemperle, almond farmer and CalCAN advisor recently drove to Sacramento from her orchard in Ceres to testify in support of equipment sharing and sustainable agriculture investments alongside CalCAN staff. Don’t sell the family farm because you will never get it back.
Caff
JANUARY 26, 2022
In October 2020, the Bear Yuba Land Trust, Sierra Harvest, BriarPatch Food Co-op and Tahoe Food Hub bought the land through a partnership called Forever Farm. The entire Sierra Orchards team is not only deeply knowledgeable and committed to their roles as land stewards, but they are forever generous with that wisdom.
Food Tank
APRIL 2, 2024
Food Well Alliance Food Well Alliance brings together leaders of the local food movement to support more than 300 community gardens, urban farms, and orchards in metro Atlanta. They support 10 farm, community garden and orchard sites in DeKalb and Rockdale Counties, helping communities grow fresh, culturally familiar crops.
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