About the Farmers
We are proud to support several farmers with the Farm box service. Here is information on few of them.
Farmer Bertha
Bertha is a former farm worker who decided to strike out on her own to support herself, her husband Heriberto and their three children. Magaña Farm is a nine acre certified organic farm located in Aromas, California, and specializes in strawberries and mixed vegetables.
Today, the operation is a family affair, with Heriberto joining Bertha in the fields and their now adult children supporting the business side of the farm,
Farmer Bertha also coordinates with her many friend farmers to add extra items in the farm boxes, so customers have access to a wider selection than what is available currently on her fields. Farmer Bertha’s daughter Amalia coordinates with Tera Farm closely on setting up and running the online store. Bertha’s entire family works together to pack and deliver the farm boxes each week.
Farmer Maria
Maria’s resilience and hard work has made it possible for her to go from working in the strawberry fields to owning her own business and even helping her two daughters to go to college.
She is a graduate of the nonprofit ALBA’s 4 year organic farm incubator program. Maria’s husband Don Jose and their adult children help her with the farm and business operations related to the farm. Farmer Maria farms on a 4 acre farm in San Juan Bautista to grow a variety of row crops and also on a farm in Watsonville to grow strawberries.
Farmer Maria and her daughters Yesenia and Angelica have been part of the Tera Farm project from the start, and now they no longer pack/deliver the boxes but supply produce as needed from their farm for the boxes and host farm visits.
Sumano’s Organic Mushrooms
Sumano’s Organic Mushrooms Farm, is in San Juan Bautista, and was founded by Ray Sumano in 2017. The farm is certified organic and they grow year-round in 10-acres of greenhouses. Mushrooms grown - Shiitake, Oyster, and Lion's Mane Mushrooms
Pinnacle Organic: Phil and Katherine Foster farm a wide variety of certified organic fruit and vegetables on two ranches near San Juan Bautista and Hollister. Their farm serves as a role model for many of the small farmers in the area.