The Farmer and The Cook is a restaurant and a grocery operating for 23 years.The proprietors farm organically on twelve acres within two miles of the store. We do our own baking and cooking mostly from scratch. . The Farmer and the Cook is all-organic and vegetarian-no meat products prepared on site. We tailor lots of products to be purely plant-based . We have live music and an expanded menu on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 6 to 9. Organic beer and wine sold on the premises.
The Farmer and the Cook is truly an oasis for stellar food and community. Their prepared food is always fresh and delicious. They have the world's best salad bar and the Mexican food is amazing.... [more]
From Our Blog
It Kills Me
- ( Apr 7, 2009 )
Today at The Farmer and the Cook, an all-organic farm-cafe and market, I answered the accusations of an irate citizen of Ojai. She was a kind and determined woman, sure of her battle and sure of her target; she wanted to know why Steve (the farmer who is my husband) poisons mothers and children, whe... [more]
We began working in the alternative food movement with a mission decades ago. People and community matter more than the scale of production. A commitment to the greater good makes our work worthwhile. We work locally with the Ojai Center for Regenerative Agriculture, Ojai Food for Thought, and nationally with the Cornucopia Institute.