Shakefork Community Farm

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Shakefork Community Farm is situated on 85 acres in the Van Duzen River floodplain of far northern California. We’re usually just beyond the reach of Humboldt County’s coastal fog, in sunny Carlotta.  We grow vegetables, berries, and flowers on 5 acres for our 120 member CSA and three farmers markets.  We use holistic planned grazing to intensively manage cattle, laying hens, turkeys, and meat birds in an orchestrated dance designed to build soil and diversify our pastures.  We train oxen and work the garden with draft power.      Certified Organic is not going far enough, in our minds. We strive beyond sustainable, beyond organic, to a regenerative agriculture determined to change the world one acre at a time. To that end, providing for our own fertility needs from the farm itself is a primary focus of our daily work. Our family dairy is a huge part of our fertility program, as are our two oxen teams.  We grow oxen-powered produce in more ways than one!