Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm

LOCAL FARM BOXFROM OUR COASTAL PERMACULTURE FARM Build a box with the best produce, eggs, and more brought to a near-by location. While our farm grows the majority of the produce, we offer a wide variety of other products sourced from our friends – other local, natural, and small producers. If there’s something you don’t like, no problem! You can swap out for other items or add extras, and you can choose how often you’d like these local goodies: weekly, every other week, or monthly. Choose your pickup location and payment option. A few days before you pickup, you will receive an email telling you to customize your box. Load up your box with goodies from us and our partners or place a hold if you need to skip a week. Pick up your box then gather with friends and family to make and enjoy. Select a location close to your home or work to pick up at during a range of hours. Pickups are on Fridays unless you’d like to pickup your box at any of our weekend farmers markets. As our farm grows we will add other days. If you’re unable to pick up your farm box at one of these locations, but would like to join our farm box, or if you’re interested in becoming a pickup location either at your home, place of work, or community center,fill out this form. Ocean Ale House, 1314 Ocean Ave., San Francisco Hapa’s Brewing, 722 Laurel St, San Carlos Hapa’s Brewing, 460 Lincoln #90, San Jose Hapa’s Brewery, 114 S Santa Cruz, Los Gatos Pizzeria Vittoria, 21433 Broadway Rd, Los Gatos Click here to suggest a new site Patagonia Outlet, 415 River St Ste C, Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Learning Center, 2560 Soquel Ave, Suite 204, Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm, Pesacadero The Circle, 245 Sea Ridge Rd Suite C, Aptos You customize your box. Each week, you’ll get an email from Farmer Dave with a ~$40 pre-selected box based on what’s in season that includes 6-8 items, typically: Don’t care for the bunch of kale? No problem, swap it out for strawberries. Want two pounds of broccoli instead of one? No problem, add it. Questions?Email info.santacruzpermaculture@gmail.com. CSA stands for community-supported agriculture, a system connecting farmers and consumers in a bioregion. If you’ve ever wanted to feel closer to the land where your food is grown, to know the processes involved, and to join a community of folks delighted to eat with the seasons, our CSA is for you! Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm is located on a beautiful 26 acres where fresh ocean breezes blow and the sound of barking seals can be heard in the distance. Learn more about the farm, education center, and our regenerative organic practices. Yes!Click herefor information about bringing a school or other large group for a tour. Also, we host many events, including dinners, potlucks, internships, classes & more. The Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm is new to this beautiful 26 acres as of 2022, and our growing methods will evolve as we transition soil that was cultivated organically, but traditionally, to a no-till, biologically complex ecosystem. We use regenerative organic methods of pest control, while continuing to integrate compost, worm castings, cover crops, and beneficials to regenerate the soil, increase resilience, and build biodiversity. We are CCOF certified organic. We welcome CSA members for a farm tour to learn more! Santa Cruz Permaculture prevents pests and diseases by selecting regionally adapted varieties suited to our climate, following a carefully planned crop rotation, practicing good hygiene and proactive behavior, and using row covers and physical barriers. We grow a large diversity of crops and create tons of natural habitat on all sides of our fields to regenerate the native beneficial insect and bird populations. We are soil regenerators. We feed soil microbes and improve soil organic matter by growing a lush cover crop each winter and applying 3-5 tons of compost per acre annually. We are also members of the growing community of practitioners transi