North of San Fran.

County Line Farm-organic produce that sells to restaurants in San Fran and at farmers markets. It was great to reconnect with Jeremey and Andrew, and I just happened to time things perfectly with dinner parties :)




Occidental Arts and Ecology Center

A residential community that hosts workshops, interns and community members. Wednesdays are volunteer garden work days, so I got my hands dirty and helped prepare a bed for winter crops. They embody permaculture ideas, so each bed has many different varieties and crops. There are a number of experiemental "solar" houses that were on the property which house participants. It was a beautiful community on beautiful land. The ideas and motivations to live on the land in harmony with natural cycles, and to actually produce a healthier place to live, were inspiring and exciting.