More Fun Farm Facts
December 28, 2007
When we created the farm profiles that hang at farmers’ stalls at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, CUESA asked each farm to share an interesting tidbit about their operation or their products. Here are some of the “fun facts” we collected. Click here to see the first installment of fun facts >
When we created the farm profiles that hang at farmers’ stalls at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, CUESA asked each farm to share an interesting tidbit about their operation or their products. Here are some of the “fun facts” we collected. Click here to see the first installment of fun facts >
The Apple Farm has 1,700 apple trees that range from one to just short of 100 years old.
The Salmons of Bodega & Yerba Santa Goat Cheese hire an herbalist to treat goats with oils and tinctures when they are sick.
Maria Catalán of Catalán Family Farms was one of the first Latina migrant farm laborers in the United States to become a farm owner.
When the Gammonses of Four Sisters Farm first began farming, their land had 3 inches of topsoil. Now, after many years of adding compost and organic matter, their land has between 20 and 24 inches of rich topsoil!
The oldest cultivated variety Heirloom Organic Gardens grows is the Golden Custard, a yellow scallop squash that dates back to the Middle Ages.
Rice farmers Greg Massa and Raquel Krach of Massa Organics live, along with their five children, in a straw bale home built with their own rice straw.
When Jesse Kuhn of Marin Roots Farm was a boy, he often pulled carrots prematurely from his family’s garden; today, he harvests them small purposefully.
Paredez Farms is truly a family operation–15 members of the Paredez clan work on the farm!
When Nick Sciabica & Sons started producing olive oil in 1936, they couldn’t find a market in California for their oil; for decades, all of it was sent to Connecticut.
Larry Peter of Spring Hill Jersey Cheese originally sold potatoes at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.
Swanton Berry Farm was the first strawberry farm (and the first organic farm) in the U.S. to sign a contract with the United Farm Workers of America/AFL-CIO.
In 1991, Nacho and Casamira Sanchez’s twin girls were born, inspiring the name Twin Girls Farm. Nacho has named some of his peach varieties after their third daughter, Savannah.
100% of the electrical needs of Woodleaf Farm are met by an 8.1 kilowatt solar array installed in 2006.
Topics: Farms