Celebrating our Afro-Indigenous heritage through land stewardship

OUR FAMILY

A community full of love and joy

When you feel an affinity for the human and more-than-human kin around you, you engage in what it means to build an intentional, leader-full community. By recognizing ourselves as part of the Earthseed family, which includes wise trees, nurturing soil, and curious animals, we learn how to create a leader-full community. Humans constantly seek ways to socialize and connect with others, which helps us build a community full of love and joy.

As social creatures, we seek to develop relationships with all those we encounter, making us, at our roots, continually engaged in creation and generation. For us, generation is a measure of time and an expression of the creative energy that flows through us. We recognize that joy is essential to this process, so we encourage all visitors to embrace generation through the playful exploration of the farm.

More-Than-Human Kin

Soil

Sun

Water

Air

Humphrey
Composting team

Benny
Composting team

Tree Kin
Redwoods, Maples, Willows, Oaks, Eucalyptus

Bush Kin
Hundreds of Blackberries & Raspberries

Flower & Plant Kin
California Poppy, Dahlias, Roses, Plantain & more!

Animal Kin
Gophers, Snakes, Birds, Worms, Bugs, & more! 

BB Queen
Fantastic Feline

Jaxson Black
Our farm dog

Ancestor + ElderKin

Current Stewards

Richelle Johnson
Operations Magician

Khadeem Thomas
Administrative Steward

Ayoade Balogun
Intern

Previous Stewards

Mallika Nair
Abundance Steward

Kabil Romero
Farm Steward

Lisbeth Paniagua
U-Pick Steward

Chiara Arellano
U-Pick Steward

Brent Walker
Agricultural Steward

Caitie Ferro
U-Pick Steward

Radioactive
Artist in Residence

Frances Louise Short Thomas
Earthseed Elder

Octavia Butler
Earthseed Ancestor

Farm Team

Tomas Paniagua
Elder Farm Steward

Manuel Flores
Farm Steward

Juan Camilo Hernandez
Farm Operations Steward

Fernando Gonzalez
Farm Co-Manager

Britta Baskerille
Compost Diva

Nate Brown
Orchard Advisor

U-Pick Team

Clarence
Volunteer

Azalea
Youth U-Pick Steward

Flore Costumé
U-Pick Steward

Artists

Feven Zewdi
Artist in Residence

Zion Davidson
Culinary Arts

John Valenzuela
Orchard Consultant

Juan Flores
Farm Steward

Abi Huff
Herb Diva

Devin Ariel
Photographer

Fernando Paniagua
Farm Steward

Basia Doran
Farm Steward

Grace Harris Johnson
Earthseed Fellow (Fiber Arts)

Antonio Paniagua
Farm Manager