When Eric and I bought this property, the first ting we did was plant 250 olive trees. Long before we had a single chicken, we knew we wanted olive trees and to start a family tradition of harvesting and pressing our own olive oil. Well, the trees grew and last year we had our first [...]
Archive of entries posted by Alexis
A grassroots recovery is under way at the farm, thanks to all of you
Green grass! The grass has been moving up along the hill and olive orchard for a week, like a slow-growing beard, and today it covers the whole farm.
October has definitely been a time of new beginnings here at Soul Food Farm. To start with, the air is fresh and cool and the mornings have a [...]
“Feet on the ground, chin up”: Soul Food Farm belongs to everyone now
Today it’s raining! I think I am living in a upside-down world. The wind kicked up a while ago and I stood there out in the field and watched the ashes blow like a wave or mist across the hills. It was so powerful as it swirled and moved along the ridge and at that [...]
The aftermath
We finally collapsed into our beds last night after 19 straight hours.
As the day wore on so many friends and family called and emailed to say how much they cared, and what love they had for us and the Farm. I have never understood until now that Soul Food Farm meant anything to anyone else [...]
