Join us at the Grange Farm School on August 16th to catch a glimpse of life in the Practicum Student Program while celebrating our Farm Fresh Food Drive! We will begin the day at 9 am with pancakes at the Farm Schoolhouse (in the tradition of the Grange) and we will continue with tours of…
Join us for an entertaining and enlightening workshop on pruning fruit treeswith Leo Buc of Common Vision on August 8th, 2-7 pm, at the Ridgewood Ranch. You might remember our Winter Pruning course where we learned and experienced the strategies behind pruning in the dormant season, and we will have a review of these concepts as well…
Thank you CAN Cooperative‘s Kirk Fuller for this incredible video about the Grange Farm School. Share it with your friends, acquaintances, fellows, companions, cooperatives, networks… everyone!
The Sponsor-A-Plot Campaign for the Farm Fresh Food Drive is up and running, and we have begun distributing fresh, healthy produce to our local community. Our first stop was to the Ukiah Plowshares where we delivered 35 pounds of summer squash and 25 pounds of cucumbers to a very dedicated and happy crew of cooks…
Every time we visit or talk to a new farmer, we expand our perception of the possible. Whether it is a new gate latch or potato hilling technique, a new niche marketing concept or community building dynamic, or some other unique challenge with a context specific and creative solution, we find that farm tours and…
As a farmer, it is hard not to be eager for summer to come. It seems there is so much time in the winter, in the spring it seems like the plants should be growing faster, and all along harvesting roots and leaves, wondering when the fruit will come. As the field crop manager in…
REPOST FROM WOWSER’S BLOG “On Thursday July 23rd from 6:30 – 7:30 pm, Wowser will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Mendo-Lake Food Hub. We’d like to invite you to attend and celebrate with us. The Food Hub is accepting orders and delivering local produce to local restaurants, retailers, and schools. The Hub manages…
Meet Sydney! “Hi there! My name is Sydney Kerbyson and I am from good ‘ol New Hampshire. Upon starting my time serving with AmeriCorps NCCC I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to study once I started college. Since I am fresh out of high school joining AmeriCorps was a great way to explore new…
Saturday night, these fabulous female farmers of Mendocino County entered the Sip Some Soup competition! Sip Some Soup is the major annual fundraiser for Willits Daily Bread, which offers a hot dinner Monday through Thursday at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall. What happens at this unique Willits fundraising event is that attendees sample each soup in the…
Welcome! After an extremely busy year of planning and development of the Grange Farm School in 2014, we are so excited to finally be ready to accept 10 students for the first 3-month term of our Practicum Student Program! Beginning in June 2015 we will be taking on 10 students with the desire to learn…
