Spring 2012
ISpring is here! Hopefully we are finally getting more rain; as the old saying says “April showers bring May flowers”. We have tomatoes, herbs, onions, garlic, peppers, lettuces and of course flowers of all kinds started in the greenhouse. Some of the fields have been planted with wheat; the rest will have to wait just a little while longer. The 1st string of milking goats are just about ready to start kidding. The new flock of chickens are almost old enough to go out to the pasture with the other laying hens and last but not least the fruit trees are starting to bud. We will have fruit coming out of ears in no time.
Affiliations
As a long time organic farmer, I have spent many years on multiple boards - 6 year board member of Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF), past president at California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) Fresno/Madera/King/Tulare chapters, and past president and still board member of Slow Food Madera, for which we organized the very first event "Tomatoes' Night Out". I have greatly benefited from all the discussions, projects participations and friendships that have resulted from belonging to such groups of enlightened individuals, whose energy towards worthy missions of sustainability, and respect for the environment, has inspired me to keep working towards those shared goals. The 20th anniversary of our organic certification has reenergized me to keep working with those like minded friends and to keep producing the best foods our farm can raise.
