Mano Farm is certified organic seed and produce farm located in Ojai, California. We farm year-round, emphasizing the use of human labor and hand tools. We offer Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) memberships to residents of the Ojai Valley and sell our seeds through our sister company, 
How to Dry Herbs for Optimal Quality
If you grow your own herbs, you’ll want to learn how to dry them to preserve their freshness and enjoy them through the winter months. If you follow the techniques described here, your dry herbs will last for months to come.
By Tammi Hartung
Cut Lemons Lengthwise to Get More Juice
When you need lemon juice for a recipe, nothing beats fresh-squeezed, but it’s always a struggle to coax a lot of juice out of the fruit. As it turns out, the secret is to cut the lemon lengthwise.
Posted on Saturday, May 18th 2013
The Harvest (Spanish: La Cosecha) is a documentary film about agricultural child labor in America. The Harvest is a feature documentary film on the life of migrant children and their families in the United States.The film depicts children as young as 12 years of age who work as many as 12 hours a day, six months a year, subject to hazardous conditions: heat exposure, pesticides, and dangerous work.
The Harvest was produced by Shine Global in association with Globalvision, Romano Film and Photography, and Eva Longoria’s UnbeliEVAble Productions. Eva Longoria signed on as an executive producer of the project in 2009.[4] It was directed by U. Roberto (Robin) Romano, Director and Photographer of Faces of Freedom.
This is something you should watch. You can rent it on youtube for three dollars.
I think it may also be on netflix. ‘Tis something I’m glad I watched.
Californian grapes don’t taste so sweet anymore.
Garden Without The Back Strain with this DIY Seed Gun
Everyone loves a good backyard garden, but hunching over a pile of dirt to plant all of your seeds isn’t much fun. If you want to take some of the back bending out of the equation, this PVC seed gun should do the trick.
Posted on Saturday, May 18th 2013
28 pounds of broccoli. #organic #csa #food #agriculture
Posted on Sunday, May 5th 2013
Local Organic Swiss Chard growing @ Mano Farms in Miners Oaks. Under 5 miles from the store.
Happy Beltane!
Posted on Wednesday, May 1st 2013
The hibiscus seeds are coming up!
Posted on Wednesday, May 1st 2013
Wow this is very cool that you are a farmer producing all this produce! I have become recently obsessed with the idea of knowing where my food comes from and joining a CSA and only eating grass-fed beef. How long have you been a farmer for? How many acres is your farm, where is it located? I am a sophomore in college and cannot wait to become more involved with the CSA i've joined and start helping out at their farm !
Asked by searchingfortrueorganic
Hey there. Our farm is a little under an acre-and-a-half and we’re located in Ojai, California. There are two main farmers (Justin and Quin) and we’ve both been here since summer 2009. Both of us had slight degrees of farming experience prior to the inception of the farm.
Let us know if you have any other questions!
-Quin
Posted on Monday, April 29th 2013
Where can I get organic aged manure?
Asked by Anonymous
Depends on where you are and what animal you want it from… best advice is to look around and get creative with the resources in your bioregion!
-Quin
Posted on Monday, April 29th 2013
And red sunflowers
Posted on Sunday, April 28th 2013
Chamomile
Posted on Sunday, April 28th 2013
Carrots!
Posted on Sunday, April 28th 2013
Sunday again! Our CSA share, April 28th
Posted on Sunday, April 28th 2013
This is the color of hibiscus lemonade when it’s ready 😊
Posted on Saturday, April 27th 2013
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