Category: Environment
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Meet Lexi, the new farmer at Terra Cultura
Introducing Lexi Sims- the newest farmer at Terra Cultura!
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Hope as we Shelter from the Storm…
Hello Dear Friends. We hope you are surrounded with support as you weather this storm. If there is anything we at Terra Cultura can do to help you feel more supported, I hope you will reach out. We know this is a very challenging time for many of you, and we are here for you.…
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PG&E’s inability to adapt to our new climate puts the onus on us
The question is not whether PG&E is to blame for the largest and most deadly wildfires of our time. We have no choice but to accept that and move onto the more productive question: what can we, in our local communities, be doing to create more resilient power solutions for ourselves in the face of…
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A rumination on the land from a board member living far away, on the progress of the first year
The first time I saw Terra Cultura, it was June of 2018. From the main drag, we pulled onto a road lined in rosemary, lavender, and ferns. Travis met us at the bottom of the steep, holey drive and wind-milled his arms in encouragement as our rental car fought its way onto the property. We…
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Meet Our New Team Member!
Hi everyone! I’m Tessa, Terra Cultura’s new intern here in beautiful Aromas! I am extremely excited for this opportunity to join this amazing team on this powerful mission. A little about me: I am originally from Buffalo, NY but have been living in Santa Cruz, CA since August 2018. I moved over here for all…
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Eureka Myrica! And Other Nitrogen Fixers
While our checklog beds are all cozy for the winter with their cover crop, compost, and mulch keeping them warm, wet, and nourished, we’ve been focussing on some other planting. Even though it’s winter, we’re giving our pollinator garden, silvopasture, and food forest some special tending. To clear a space for the food forest, we’ve…
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Giving Thanks and Looking Forward
Hi friends! We’re wishing you all a fruitful season of giving and gratitude. There’s a palpable shift here at Terra Cultura. There’s a chill in the air, and even the promise of rains next week. But more than that, after nearly 8 months on the land, we’re entering a new phase in which our vision…
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Introducing Saturday Volunteer Days!
Hello Friends! Ready for some fun in the sun on the farm? We’re beginning our Saturday Volunteer Days this weekend, and we wanted to answer any questions you may have. First of all, thank you for your interest in volunteering at Terra Cultura! To stay up to date on volunteer activities, sign up! Here’s what you need…
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Listen to the Land, Whispering “Horehound”
We’ve been asked recently what we plan to grow on the land. Our answer to that complex question was naively simple when we started out on this adventure a couple years ago: “We don’t know yet. We want to get to know the land before we make our crop plan.” While this response conveniently kicked…
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The Quantified Off-Grid Life
We got our first water bill from the Aromas Water District last week. In our first 30 days on the land, we used 220 cubic feet, or 1645.71 gallons of water. That sounds like a lot, but if you do the math, that works out to 54.85 gallons of water used on-site per day in…