COMMUNITY FARM PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: The Ecology Center

At Sideyard, we’re proud to work with farmers we know as friends and feel like family – and our community farm partners are the real deal! They’re growing the good stuff, taking care of the land, and supporting our regional food system in Southern California.

WE ARE ALL FARMERS

We’re excited to shine a spotlight on our pals at The Ecology Center, a 28-acre, community-based, non-profit, CCOF- and Regenerative Organic Certified® farm and education center located in San Juan Capistrano, California. We proudly source an abundance of fruit from this farm. We’ve known and worked with them for as long as we’ve been in business, and we can’t stay away. They grow some of the best produce we’ve ever tasted (thanks to the farming practices, people and place).

The Ecology Center serves as a hub for Southern California’s ecological food movement. The organization is on a mission to model creative solutions for thriving on planet Earth, with a goal of creating an abundant future for all. Season after season, we proudly buy strawberries, kumquats, persimmons and pomegranates from this farm. Starting this summer, we’re excited to start sourcing peaches and figs from The Ecology Center!

At Sideyard, we love buying second-quality fruit so that the bounty and abundance of the farm harvest doesn’t go to waste. In doing so, we provide additional revenue for our farm partners. In all that we do, we’re using business as a force for good.

The time is now to build a healthy future! Get to know The Ecology Center, and find ways to support our community based farm partner!!

Visit the farm property, take a tour, sign up to volunteer, shop the farm stand (look for our bottles on the shelf!), and don’t miss the upcoming berry u-pick events and communal table dinners! 

Photo credit: Feast your eyes on these beautiful photos, by Alexandra Farah. Among her many talents, Alex is our friend, photographer, creative muse and village member.