The Cloverleaf has been in operation for over 10 years. The 4 acre organic fruit orchard is managed by Tree Kilpatrick and has apricots, peaches, nectarines and figs. We are trained in organic and sustainable agricultural practices and the farm will reflect that knowledge. No synthetic pesticides, herbicides or inorganic fertilizer will be used to grow our crops. Meet your farmers:
Tree recently
took over the management of the farm. He's been working here for over 6 years mostly in the orchard and packing shed. He brings a background in Sustainable Ag from his studies at UC Davis and work with Good Humus Produce at the Davis Farmers Market. He's loved fruit since he was a baby, and was luck enough to have U-pick orchards just over the mountains near the Columbia River in Northeastern Washington. Alumni farmers of the Cloverleaf:
Emma began farming in the cold bluster of NH and has discovered that California weather produces tasty fruit. She has farmed all over this country (&world!) including PA, WA, NH, Chile, Ecuador, and CA. She got her masters in Horticulture from UCD and currently works for the Agricultural Sustainability Institute. Her dream is to have a co-housing farm someday, and loves all vegetables, compost, and goats! Katie: Katie was a beginning farmer who got her start right here in Davis at Impossible Acres. She fell into farming after graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in Integrative Biology by following her love of plants, sunshine, and digging in the dirt—and couldn't be happier about it! In addition to working at the Cloverleaf, she is also a student at the California Farm Academy at the Center for Land Based Learning in Winters. Sasha: She first got her hands down in the dirt while living in Northern Thailand researching sustainable farming practices. Sasha spent five seasons working for the UCD Student Farm growing fresh fruits and veges for staff and students. She loves to talk about food, eat food, grow food and generally geek out on anything that she can eat. Sasha also works for the Farmer Veteran Coalition in their small grants program. In the future, Sasha hopes to own an apple orchard specializing in heirloom American varietals and traditional American hard cider. Aubrey: has been spiraling towards a farm venture for some time. Beginning as a master gardener in Los Angeles, Aubrey fought for land in inches rather than acres. She completed a master’s degree in Community and Regional Development at UC Davis, focusing on science communication and sustainable agriculture. She is proud to have helped design curriculum for their new undergrad degree in Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems. Her farm work has included serving as a TA at the UC Davis student farm and Langwater Farm in Massachusetts. When not digging in the dirt, Aubrey works as a science communicator at the Agricultural Sustainability Institute (www.asi.ucdavis.edu), keeps up a blog about small farm tech innovations (well, coming soon…www.urbanhonking.com/smartfarm), and hangs out with her chickens. Marisa: has worked in agriculture and farmed since undergraduate days when she was co-farm-manager for the Dilmun Hill Student Farm at Cornell. She flips between working for agricultural non-profits helping farmers be more profitable, and dives back into farming when she’s sick of being at a desk. Her non-profit ventures include helping small farmers in Appalachia access new marketing channels, and working to launch the Austin Downtown Farmers Market. Now she works for NCAT and the ATTRA project (www.attra.ncat.org) helping minority and beginning farmers with business planning, organic production and marketing. In between she apprenticed on a couple of farms in California and got her Master’s degree in Horticulture with a focus in Viticulture from UC Davis. Marisa received her Permaculture Design Certificate from RDI in February and hopes to integrate some permaculture into the farm design. In her spare time, she likes to run, read, cook good food, and hang out with fascinating people.
