Category: Terra Cultura News
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Happy New Year from Terra Cultura!
Terra Cultura grew by leaps and bounds in 2019. The farm changed from a dream to a beautiful reality, with the planting of our first crops, and the expansion of our pollinator garden, and food forest. Our educational programs changed from small pilots into fully realized programs, reaching and changing the lives of community members…
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Thanks for “Raising the Barn” With Us!
Hello dear friends of Terra Cultura! We want to thank those of you who came to our Barnraiser event on October 13th. By day, you came to Terra Cultura to get your hands dirty with us, and to see all we’ve accomplished in the past year. By night, you feasted and celebrated with us at…
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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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Barnraiser Day is Oct 12 and You’re Invited!
[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text] Hi Friends! The big day is coming up and we wanted to make sure you had the skinny. October 12th is Barnraiser Day—and there are two free events that day: one in the afternoon (at Terra Cultura) and one in the evening (at the Aromas Grange). You are invited to either, or both!…
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A Terra Cultura Midyear Review
Hello friends. It’s been a minute since you’ve heard from us. So we figured it was time for a midyear update. Where we are now. It’s an exciting time here, as we gear up for a new phase of expanded programming. You may notice updates to our programs page, including your chance to register for…
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Busy as Bees at Terra Cultura!
Hello to our friends! Hello hello! Are you taking care of yourself in the midst of everything you’re juggling? We’re trying… Of course, it wouldn’t be springtime on the farm if we weren’t busier than worker bees. We have so much going on, we figured it was time for a little update. Ready? (and I…
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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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It’s Just The Beginning
Hello friends, and warmest wishes for the new year! It’s been quite a year for Terra Cultura. It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come in such a short time. I’m not sure we’d believe it ourselves if it weren’t for this kind of crazy video evidence. The top footage is from just before we…