Since 1980, brother/ sister Wayne and Lee James have been farming vegetables and fruits in Sonoma County, California. With a huge diversity that includes many varieties of vegetables and some fruits, they also  grow grains such as heirloom dried beans, corn and a huge array of fresh and dried chiles and sweet peppers. Striving for sustainability, no pesticides or herbicides are ever used.Tierra Vegetables produce organic Sonoma alexander valley smoked peppersTierra Vegetables newest edition. Come take a look at our favorites-sunflowers and zinnias are now available!
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Events

Check back for upcoming 2010 events including the annual Meal in the Field!

 


Past Events

 

30th Anniversary Celebration!

 

A group photo from the party on June 6th features all those present who have or had worked for the farm over the years

Seeded in 1980, Tierra Vegetables is celebrating 30 years of farming this season.  Read more about our history.

Sunday the 6th of June from 11:00am-4:00pm at the Airport Boulevard field where we will celebrate with a potluck, games, a pinata full of farm goodies, hay wagon farm tours, a farm animal or two, and lots of fun!

Tentative list of events and farm fun include, but are not limited to:

-wheel barrow races

-strawberry toss

-tug-o-war

-Fava shelling contest

-gunny sack races and/or 3-legged races

-a pinata filled full of farm goodies instead of candy!

Have more ideas?  Share them with us!

 


Check out Growing Your Own Greens a very well done You Tube video produced by one of our visitors

Tierra Vegetables Greenhouse Open House 2010

Newly completed in Spring of 2009, our new greenhouse located on  13684 Chalk Hill Road in Healdsburg has since been put to work producing chiles, tomatoes, cabbages, basil, celery and much more!  Please come and celebrate this artistically crafted and incredibly functional new resource for the farm on Sunday the 18th of April from 11am-4pm.  The house ought to be splitting at the seams with mature plants by this time and you may meet your vegetables in their most immature stages of their annual life cycle.

Please follow signs for parking when arriving at the event site.

*Make a day of it with Sonoma County Farm Trails and their Spring Farm Tour where a variety of local county farms will open their gates to guests.

    



Contests

 

Check back soon for more contests!

In The News

Here are some past articles about Tierra Vegetables in the news:

On The Trail of a Sustainable Feast in Sonoma

New York Times 2008

Why Roots Matter More
by Kim Severson
New York Times
November 15, 2006

When life gave them chiles, Lee and Wayne James made jam
by Winnie Yang
Saveur Magazine
June/July 2003

 

 

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