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Farmer-to-Farmer Field Trip: Covelo
June 19, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Mendocino county is enormous- and most residen
ts have never made it to Round Valley to explore the amazing resilience and creativity of Covelo! This Summer Solstice is your chance to get an inside look at two farms in Covelo: Live Power Community Farm and Covelo Organic. Farmer-to-farmer field trips give you a chance to see the inner workings of farms to learn new techniques, tips, and tools.
June 19th, we will caravan out to Covelo where we will have the chance to visit:
Since 1988, Covelo Organic has been committed to organic vegetable production. On this diverse farm, vegetables and fruits are produced for a CSA, farmers market, and for sale through the Food Hub. This intensive operation is run by Brandon Gatto, previously run by Tom Palley. Their systems are efficient and pump out an enormous amount of food each year of of 10 acres.
To learn more about Covelo Organic, here’s a link to their website coveloorganic.com
Live Power Community Farm is a 50-acre, solar electric and horse-powered, diversified, certified Biodynamic farm. Four acres are devoted to an intensive vegetable garden hosting some 60 varieties of vegetables and herbs. This farm produces vegetables, fruits, and flowers, and field and forage crops for hay, grain, and pasture. Live Power is supported entirely by its CSA group and school field trips. We will have an interactive tour from Stephen Decatur who will demonstrate how they make their own potting soil and compost, track their crop records, manage their production entirely for CSA, make Biodynamic preparations, and more.
To learn more about Live Power Community Farm, here’s a link to their website livepower.org/
Schedule:
It takes about an hour to drive from Willits to Covelo. Carpools will be available and encouraged, with funding for mileage. Meals (lunch & dinner) will be potluck style and cooler space will be provided to keep dishes cold. You are welcome to join the tour for one or both of the farms, and to eat with us for both, one, or none of the meals.
- 10 am: Covelo Organic
- 12:30 pm: Potluck Lunch at Covelo Organic
- Break: possible swim in the river
- 2 pm: Live Power Community Farm
- 6 pm: Potluck Dinner at Live Power
- 7 pm: Solstice work party into the evening at Live Power
The School of Adaptive Agriculture, Farmers Guild, and UCSAREP will be coordinating the tour. While it is free, there are limited spots so please register in advance: