New produce packing shed (conic) summer 2010     credit Melinda
New produce packing shed (conic) summer 2010
Photo: Melinda Lundgren

Farm manager Ulli Klein assembling a CSA box    credit Melinda
Farm manager Ulli Klein assembling a CSA box
Photo: Melinda Lundgren Photography

 

 

Honey Label Artwork by Nate Hooper
Label design by Nate Hooper 8 -10-2010

 
Oz-Farm Harvest Festival Pies
Harvest Festival pies in Community House pantry the day
before the 2009 Harvest Festival. We sold 140 pies!

Pie baking and photo credit: Chris Noll
John Hooper with Organic Apples Sampler Oz-Farm
 
Oz Farm Retreat and Cabin Rental Mendocino County California view of main garden field for organic produce.
Oz Farm: view of main garden
 
Oz Farm Retreat and Cabin Rental Mendocino County California espaliered organic apple trees with spring blossoms.
Oz Farm Apples
 
 

Oz Farm grows apples, pears and a large variety of vegetables.
We have 17 acres certified organic by
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)
.

Apples and pears are a special feature of the Oz Farming operation. We specialize in the production of unusual and antique apples that are "espaliered" (trained on trellises in rows much like grapes in vineyards). Some of our most interesting and popular varieties include:
  • Pink Pearl
  • Cox Orange Pippin
  • Jonagold
  • Spitzenberg
  • Ashmead's Kernel
  • Belle de Boskoop
  • Hudson Golden Gem
  • King of Tomkins County
  • Cinnamon Spice
  • White Winter Pearmain
  • Calville Blanc d'Hiver
  • Roxbury Russet
  • Arkansas Black
  • Elstar Braeburn

Oz also grows a selection of cider apples which we press into our own organic juice.
We typically make three pressings of fresh apple juice each fall, one each in September, October and November, and are slowly learning the craft of making a decent hard cider.
Our apple juice blend customers include restaurants and natural food stores in San Francisco, the wholesale market, local farmers' markets, and schools.

Our market garden features a diverse variety of fruit and specialty vegetables including salad mix, potatoes, peppers, garlic, brassicas, tomatoes, herbs, strawberries, and many others. We also grow about 15 different varieties of cut flowers. We sell our organic produce and flowers at the Farmer’s Markets in Gualala and Point Arena. In addition, we also supply the local Co-op and various restaurants in the area with fresh produce.

Oz Farm runs a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, offering weekly deliveries of seasonal produce from the Farm to our subscribers in the Point Arena area. Under the CSA concept, small farmers and local consumers join together in mutually a beneficial economic partnership—consumers get fresh, organically-raised foods from a source they know and farmers benefit from having a more stable market for what they produce.

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 Mobile chicken house surrounded by solar-powered electric fencing, Oz-Farm summer 2009
Mobile chicken house surrounded by solar-powered electric fencing, summer 2009
Oz Farm Retreat and Cabin Rental Mendocino County California chickens.
Oz Farm chickens, raised for their eggs and meat,also help with insect control in the orchard.
 
Oz Farm Retreat and Cabin Rental Mendocino County California rows of flowering plants grown for weddings and other events.
Rows of young flowering plants grown by Coastal Posies
for weddings and other events

Main Garden and Pyramid field in full production July 21, 2011
Photo and pilot credit: Rick Beach

 
Oz Farm Summer produce at Harvest Festival
Oz Farm Summer produce at Harvest Festival
Espaliered Apple Trees in Spring
Espaliered Apple Trees in Spring
 

 


P.O. Box 244, Point Arena, CA 95468 ~ 415-626-8880 Reservations ~ 707-882-3046 Farm ~ ozfarmllc@aol.com