Shakefork Community Farm

Shakefork Community Farm is situated on 85 acres in the Van Duzen River floodplain of far northern California. We�re usually just beyond the reach of Humboldt County's coastal fog, in sunny Carlotta. We grow vegetables, berries, and flowers on 5 acres for our 120 member CSA and three farmers markets. We use holistic planned grazing to intensively manage sheep, cattle, laying hens, turkeys, and meat birds in an orchestrated dance designed to build soil and diversify our pastures. We train oxen and work the garden with both a tractor and oxen draft power. Certified Organic is not going far enough, in our minds. We strive beyond sustainable, beyond organic, to a regenerative agriculture determined to change the world one acre at a time. To that end, providing for our own fertility needs from the farm itself is a primary focus of our daily work. Our family dairy is a huge part of our fertility program, as are our two oxen teams. We grow oxen-powered produce in more ways than one! We also strive to provide for most of our own needs from the farm, from lumber to compost, salad to potatoes, ghee to grass-finished lamb. Shareholders pick up produce at 6 convenient sites from Eureka to Garberville. We are also at the Arcata Plaza Market all season, Garberville Farmers' Market May to Thanksgiving, and Fortuna Farmers' Market June to October. We offer annual farm tours and workshops, as well as apprenticeships for future farmers in training.