Rusty Top Farm

10/14/2026

It’s not stealing if they help you load it. 🍌😂

Thanks to Fullerton College’s Horticulture Department for generously supporting our questionable getaway.

These bananas are headed to local veterans tomorrow at Vital Roots Foundation’s Coffee in the Garden!

☕ Thursday, 8:15–10:15 a.m.
📍 601 E. Valencia Dr., Fullerton

Come for the coffee. Stay for the evidence.

10/13/2026

This is how Vital Roots Foundation started—with a few of us veterans having coffee in the garden. Seeing Farmer Veteran Coalition of California join us means a lot to me.

If you’re nearby, come have a cup with us. I’d love to see you there. ☕🌱

Coffee’s already brewing. We’re making room for more friends. ☕🌱

Farmer Veteran Coalition of California members—there’s a chair for you at Vital Roots Foundation’s Coffee in the Garden.

Come for a cup, stay for the company.

Meet fellow veterans, enjoy the garden, and discover ways to get involved with local community partners beyond Thursdays.

No speeches. No pressure. No gardening experience required.

Thursdays • 8:15–10:15 a.m. • Fullerton

https://www.vitalrootsfoundation.org/events

10/11/2026

10/11/2026

Well… this escalated quickly. 🍌

Started with a flower.

Then a few tiny bananas.

Now I’m walking around the yard carrying a 40-pound bunch like I’m running a roadside fruit cartel.
It’s bananas. Literally.

🍌

09/11/2026

Today, we remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and honor the first responders, service members, families, and communities forever changed by that day.

For many veterans, 9/11 also marked the beginning of a generation of service. We remember those who answered the call, those who never came home, and those who continue to carry the weight of that service today.

And today, we also want to offer a reminder to our fellow veterans: your service matters.

If you left the military and never found that sense of service again, look around your community.

Reach out to another veteran.

Find the farmer veteran down the road.

Walk into a local veterans organization.

Ask about the benefits, resources, and services you earned through your service.

You do not have to navigate life after service alone.

Get connected. Know your benefits. Find your community. And when you can, be that connection for another veteran.

At Farmer Veteran Coalition of California, we believe agriculture can be one of those places where veterans find purpose, connection, and a community that understands service.

We remember. We honor. We continue to serve.

08/07/2026

One of my favorite parts of working in the garden is slowing down long enough to notice what’s actually happening around me.

I’ve been watching the honeybees visiting our banana flowers lately, and I was fascinated to see them crawl almost completely inside the flowers as they searched around. Every time I walk past, there seems to be another little group of bees working their way through the blooms.

There’s always something going on in the garden that I probably would have missed if I was in too much of a hurry.

Life can get busy and stressful, but moments like this are a good reminder for me to slow down, look a little closer, and appreciate the incredible little relationships happening in nature right in our own backyard.

🐝🍌🌱

07/13/2026

A quick order going out from Rusty Top Farm today: fresh comfrey crowns ready for planting.

Our comfrey crowns are small rooted starts with roughly an inch of root and an inch of new growth. We sell them through our eBay page to help support the work we are building here on our small, veteran-owned urban farm in Brea, California.

Nothing goes to waste. The larger roots can be used for propagation, and much of the leafy growth we cut is turned into our homemade liquid plant fertilizer.

We currently offer:

• Fresh comfrey crowns for planting
• Fresh comfrey roots when available
• Dried and powdered comfrey root
• Comfrey-based liquid plant fertilizer for local pickup in Brea

Some products are available through eBay or Facebook Marketplace, and local customers are always welcome to reach out directly.

Your support also helps us continue supporting the work of Vital Roots Foundation and its programs serving veterans throughout North Orange County.

Grown small. Used fully. Supporting a bigger mission.

Rusty Top Farm
Brea, California
Veteran Owned

07/03/2026