Category: Farm

  • Rebecca brought two of her Fibershed artists… …and the black felt jacket they made together… …to meet the alpacas who grew the wool for the jacket… …and the ranchers who raised the alpacas for the wool. I am not sure who enjoyed the meeting more… …the alpacas… …or the artists. But I think everyone, including…

  • Two weeks ago, I received this email from a woman named Marnie: Hi Paige, We have this 21 person local cow share going on in Nicasio, right above the Nicasio Resevoir. We are all getting together to have one of our cow share meetings. We talk about our cow and share products we have made…

  • The End…. Jude, my stock photography partner, planned a trip to Gabriel Apple Farm, in Graton, this evening. She did a great job of making sure we had lots of models to work with, so we could both go off and do our own thing. While she went off with a cute mom and her…

  • Rolleiflex photos from our time farm sitting at Windrush Farm, spring 2010.

  • I spent an amazing afternoon exploring Yolo County and Capay Valley with Rebecca Burgess for her Fibershed project. The clouds, the people, the landscape… they all were absolutely incredible that I couldn’t wait to share tales and photos of our adventures. But the day is long gone, and a new day is rapidly approaching, so…

  • (pig heart, from pigs butchered in March.) Right after we graduated from college my best friend was told she needed open heart surgery to replace her aortic valve. One of the options she had was to replace her broken valve with a pig valve. But she was told the pig valve might not last as…

  • Last week. This week.

  • We are getting excited for Windrush Farm Camp 2010. The applications have already started coming in… so make sure you send your forms in quickly to reserve a spot for your child at the best sheep herding, veggie picking, dog grooming, wood fired pizza making, pool party in the Bay Area. If you still need…

  • (This post contains a photo of a butchered pig and may not be enjoyable for everyone.) I would be editing photos from the pig butchering I went to a couple of weeks ago, but instead I have to do my taxes… this is one time I would rather be editing. Part of this pig, who…

  • My friends, Rebecca and Nick, like bacon so much that in December they got their own pigs to raise… and slaughter. And ever since the pigs arrived, they have been talking about all the different ways they were going to eat their pigs when the time came. Well, last Wednesday, the time came… and Nick…