by Travis Hill | Aug 21, 2017 | Agriculture, Art, Community, Sister Farms, Terra Cultura News
Over 300 participants joined us at our Paint and Plant event, at Coastal Roots’ Farm and Hangout Season Finale last Thursday afternoon. Children and adults of all ages sat under the shade of our tent, and painted terra-cotta pots, planted wildflower seeds...
by Rachel Wohlander | Jul 25, 2017 | Agriculture, Art, Community, Terra Cultura News
Now that it’s official, we have an exciting announcement. We have been offered a residency at Leichtag Foundation’s Barn 8 art space, overlooking the scenic Coastal Roots Farm. While we continue to search for a site of our very own, Barn 8 will serve as our temporary...
by Travis Hill | Jul 11, 2017 | Agriculture, Environment, Terra Cultura News
A seed of an idea When Jessica and I returned from our world travels in late 2011, we stayed for a short while in San Diego, with Jessica’s parents, while we regrouped and planned our next move. During our stay, we talked a lot about some of the different agricultural...
by Rachel Wohlander | May 16, 2017 | Agriculture, Art, Environment, Terra Cultura News
Near the suburbs where I grew up, 30 miles north of the Mexican border, there is a narrow 7-mile strip of nature preserve called Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. A creek runs through a shady valley, and on the canyon ridges centuries-old oaks bump up against 30-year...
by Jessica Wohlander | Apr 18, 2017 | Agriculture, Community, Interviews, Sister Farms
John and Courtney Fiske are celebrating an anniversary next month. May marks a full year since they opened San Diego Farm Animal Rescue, in Escondido, California. Among their cherimoya trees, Courtney and John provide safe haven for elderly, abandoned and otherwise...
by Rachel Wohlander | Apr 11, 2017 | Agriculture, Community, Interviews, Sister Farms
David Plescia and his partner Kayta Brady are no strangers to the land. After meeting as apprentices in Williamstown, MA at Caretaker Farm in 2012 (one of the oldest active CSAs in the United States), they’ve since set their sights on California. In 2013,...