by Rachel Wohlander | Jul 3, 2018 | Agriculture, Community, Terra Cultura News
Our home on the California Central Coast has been called the Salad Bowl of the World. The climate, soil, and infrastructure make it a pretty ideal place to grow food. Driving down our canyon into the valley, we look out the car window onto countless acres owned by...
by Rachel Wohlander | Jun 1, 2018 | Agriculture, Terra Cultura News
We’ve been on the land for two months now, and we’re learning so much. The early days are both exciting and challenging. As we get things ready to amp up our educational programming in agroecology, environmental stewardship, and the arts, two things strike me...
by Travis Hill | May 17, 2018 | Agriculture, Environment, Terra Cultura News
We got our first water bill from the Aromas Water District last week. In our first 30 days on the land, we used 220 cubic feet, or 1645.71 gallons of water. That sounds like a lot, but if you do the math, that works out to 54.85 gallons of water used on-site per day...
by Rachel Wohlander | Mar 27, 2018 | Agriculture, Community, Terra Cultura News
The time has come for Jessica, Travis, and I to say our goodbyes to San Diego, as we pack up for our move north to Aromas, Ca—Terra Cultura’s new found home. All three of us have lived in San Diego before, Jessica and I grew up here, and we are very lucky that this...
by Rachel Wohlander | Mar 20, 2018 | Agriculture, Art, Community, Environment, Terra Cultura News
Updates From All 3 of Us on What We’ve Been Researching and Thinking About . . . Travis: Solar Energy & Childhood Dreams I’ve been fascinated by the idea of using solar panels to achieve off-grid energy independence for as long as I can remember....
by Rachel Wohlander | Feb 20, 2018 | Agriculture, Community, Terra Cultura News
This is the third part in a series dedicated to Terra Cultura’s quest for farmland. I guess this is the Return of the Jedi post. (Or technically Revenge of the Sith, but I like to pretend those three don’t exist.) So you heard from Jessica about financial and...