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Apricot Lane Farms

Our hope is that we can grow great tasting food while treating the environment and the animals with respect.

Apricot Lane Farms is a certified organic, Biodynamic and regenerative farm in Southern California and subject of the documentary film "The Biggest Little Farm." The Apricot Lane Farms ( www.apricotlanefarms.com ) team has been charged with the mission of creating a well balanced ecosystem that produces nutrient-dense foods. Farming is a challenging mission, but well worth it.

08/12/2026

Introducing NEW farm tours for kids – The Little Farmer Adventure! 🌱🐑🪱tickets launch this Friday in our newsletter. ⁠
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Inspired by our school field trips, these new tours are all about giving families an opportunity to get outside, get a little dirty, and have fun together on the farm. Unlike our classic Farm Tours that are geared towards sharing how our regenerative farm works with adults, these new tours offer that information in a kid-centric way, with a focus on animals and hands-on learning opportunities. ⁠
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On the tour, families will:⁠
🌼 Go on a pollinator scavenger hunt in the garden⁠
🪱 Dig into the soil and discover our worm friends⁠
🐄 Meet the cows, sheep, pigs, chickens and/or ducks⁠
🌿 Explore Pollywog Pond and hunt for more pollinators⁠
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As always, because of our dynamic ecosystem, every tour may look a little different depending on seasonal rhythms. ⁠
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🎟️ **NEW Family Farm Tours go ON SALE THIS FRIDAY!** Spots will be limited, so make sure you’re on our newsletter list for first access.⁠
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08/10/2026

Big thank you to everyone who's been supporting our farm at the markets this summer! 🌱⁠
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If fresh, clean, vibrant, flavorful food is what you're looking for, the farmers market is the place to be, especially right now, with all of summer's abundance on full display.⁠
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Thank you to our Farm Team who grows, harvests, and hauls the harvest before sunrise to share our products and practices with you, our fellow growers and makers who work tirelessly to feed communities with healthy food, and everyone in our community who shows up and shows their support week after week.⁠
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Our on-farm farmstand is closed for August, back in September! Find us at markets three days a week:⁠
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★ Wednesdays – 8am–1pm⁠
★ Thursdays – 11am–4pm⁠
★ Sundays – 8am–12pm⁠
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08/09/2026

A little Nabal lesson from our Orchard Manager, John Schoustra 🥑🌳

Nabal is one of the rarer varieties we grow here at Apricot Lane Farms, and with only a few trees in the orchard, we don’t get a whole lot of them each year.

Monday will be the last harvest of Nabal until next year so order by 11:59pm today to catch Monday’s harvest 💚

Comment “Nabal” for the link!

08/06/2026

🌳 CARBON TOWER RESULTS ARE IN 🌳⁠
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The Eddy Covariance tower in our apricot orchard within the Fruit Basket helps us measure carbon sequestration and ecosystem water use efficiency. Apricot trees aren’t the only plants growing and drawing down carbon in this orchard - it’s filled with a diverse understory cover.⁠
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The two-year study found that every year the orchard was a carbon sink and improved ecosystem water use efficiency. These results tell us that our regenerative practice of maintaining a continuous living cover crop is doing real, measurable work pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and fixing it in our orchard, cover crop, and soil.⁠
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🌳 One key insight: from January to March, when our fruit trees are dormant, our cover crop takes over the job of pulling carbon down. That complementary rhythm is a big part of why the system works as a carbon SINK in the apricot orchard.⁠
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💧 The tower also tracks water loss to the atmosphere, and most of that water was moving productively through the trees and cover crop (transpiration) rather than evaporating off bare soil, especially during peak growing season. ⁠
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More results (and a peek at how the tower actually works) on our Stories.⁠
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Read the full article, "Surface‐Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide Exchange and Ecosystem Water Use Efficiency in a Multi‐Functional Perennial Polyculture Agroecosystem" here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sae2.70182" 🌳⁠
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07/27/2026

GIVEAWAY! Win a box of regeneratively grown Apricot Lane Farms avocados and Jacobsen Salt Co.’s new, limited edition Sea Salt Slide Tin Trio, for you and a friend 🥑🧂

Apricot Lane Farms’s Avocado Box allows you to experience the difference that healthy soil and regenerative farming practices make, with exceptional creaminess and flavor. Pair them with Jacobsen Salt Co.’s slide tin trio, inspired by the natural beauty of the Pacific Coast and featuring Flake Salt, Kosher Salt, and Pinot Noir Salt — perfect for sprinkling on avocados for an easy, nourishing snack. Delicious and simple flavors, straight from nature.

To enter:
🌿*Follow Apricot Lane Farms & Jacobsen Salt Co.
🌿Tag the person you’d share this box with in the comments
🌿Bonus entry: share this post to your stories and tag both brands

Giveaway ends 7/31 at X PST. Must be 18+ to enter. U.S. only. The giveaway winner will be announced on stories on National Avocado Day, 7/31 and contacted via the Apricot Lane Farms Instagram account. This giveaway is not sponsored or endorsed by Instagram.

07/23/2026

Rattlesnake season is here in Ventura County, and our guardian dogs are ready for it 🐍

Our whole guardian dog team recently spent a day training with — an incredible local nonprofit that rescues rattlesnakes and uses them to teach dogs how to detect and avoid them by sight, sound, and smell.

The dogs worked through a full mock trail course, with over a dozen stations across one of our pastures behind the avocado orchard, alternating sight, sound, and scent with multiple double-muzzled snakes of different sizes. Every dog was trained and tested until it stuck! And every single one passed and "graduated" 🎓 Their sharp instincts never cease to amaze us.

Huge thanks to the herpetologists who care for these rattlesnakes while prioritizing their safety, the safety of the guardian dogs, and humans involved! We're grateful for the guardian dogs who protect our flocks, and for the humans who help protect them right back. Stay safe & be mindful out there this summer!

07/20/2026

If you ever toured the farm, you’ve likely seen owl boxes around our pastures and orchards. Each installation is an invitation for nature to help restore balance. 🦉🌿⁠
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Our Habitat Restoration Team is in the process of expanding owl habitat across the farm. The year began with 12 owl boxes and we’ve increased those to 11, with 9 more coming.

Each box is designed for one nesting pair, and we carefully choose its placement to give the owls the best chance of finding and using it. Whenever possible, we face the entrance east so that as the moon moves across the sky throughout the year, its light illuminates the opening, making it easier for these nocturnal hunters to locate their new home after dark. 🌙⁠
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Right now, squirrels and gophers are one of our biggest challenges, attacking our crops. Without pesticides or rodenticides, and with an abundance of food (fruit trees, tender garden veggies, cover crops, etc) their populations can grow quickly..⁠
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Our solution? Support the predators that naturally help keep these populations in balance. Barn owls, along with hawks, gopher snakes, coyotes, badgers, and weasels, all play an important role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem.⁠
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When we first began farming this land, there were no barn owls living here. As biodiversity returned, so did they. Today, these nesting pairs help us care for the land in the way nature intended, reminding us that creating habitat is one of the most powerful tools we have. ⁠
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The boxes are installed. Now, we wait for the owls to find them and make them home. 🦉⁠
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07/18/2026

Meet the Gelado™ avocado, a new variety! 🥑⁠
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For just a few weeks each summer, this exclusive variety makes its return. It is one of our favorite avocados we grow, and for the first time ever, we're excited to share it through nationwide shipping.⁠
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Discovered growing in our orchard a few summers ago, Gelado™ is a unique hybrid between Nabal & another mystery variety we haven’t yet identified.. It has an incredibly rich, buttery flavor and an ultra creamy texture. And of course, these avocados are grown in healthy soil, within a biodiverse ecosystem, and are certified organic & Biodynamic. ⁠
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Unlike a Hass avocado, Gelado™ stays green as it ripen, and the skin becomes slightly wrinkled and may develop a few dark patches – signs that it’s ready to eat. ⁠
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Harvest is limited, and our Orchard Team picks every Monday. Order a Gelado Avocado Box by Sunday to be included: https://www.apricotlanefarms.com/shop/organic-gelado-avocado/

07/12/2026

A modern day wizard. This is how we often referred to Matias on the farm. A master of his craft, dedicated and devoted. ⁠
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For 14 seasons, 5 times a year, he visited the farm to guide us in making Biodynamic preparations. He was a key contributor to the transformation of this land into a vibrant, diverse ecosystem that produces beautiful, nourishing food.⁠
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From volunteers to apprentices to employees, countless humans had the opportunity to work and learn with Matias over the years; and it was always noted as a highlight of their farm experience. He was a master artist when it came to making the Biodynamic preparations, custom designing several tools and cabinets for the proper storage of the preparations, likening the process to the aging of wine. He embodied the work and wisdom of Biodynamics through countless hours and years of immersive study and practice.⁠
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Matias taught us to pay attention to the rhythms of the moon, the sun, celestial bodies, and this land, to learn lessons hidden within plain sight that are available to those willing to give their attention. He shed light on the inherent medicine embedded in the being of each plant, highlighting the importance of each plant’s unique form.⁠
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Every autumn, we gather as a farm to fill the cow horns for BD500—a salve for the soil & anticipated annual ritual where community gathered and had the opportunity to recieve the wisdom that Matias offered warmly and generously to all who were willing to listen. He entertained all curiosities.⁠
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Matias taught the importance of bringing intention to this work: while crafting compost with care, or planting a seed with the awareness of the genius held within. With his loving guidance, he taught many how to be present to the miracle of a seed unfolding. Matias modeled how to do the work well, with full presence and an artistic touch, and the importance of beauty and quality over quantity.⁠
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Matias Baker passed away in late April after a bout with cancer. Thank you to all of you who supported his healing journey. We miss him terribly, but find comfort knowing that his great work is carried forth by land stewards he touched on this farm and beyond. 🌱

07/10/2026

Cutter the garden cat has been getting lost in the buckwheat cover crop that’s blooming in the garden right now... look how stunning it is! ⁠🌸 ⁠
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You’re welcome to visit the garden every Saturday, from 10 AM - 2 PM! Come and soak in the beauty, or participate in a Guided Farm Tour to see more of this land & learn about our regenerative farming practices; there are still a few openings for the July tours before we pause for the season (link in bio).

Address

10700 Broadway Road
Moorpark, CA
93021

Opening Hours

Saturday	10am - 3pm
Sunday	10am - 3pm

Telephone

+18055234444

Website

http://www.apricotlanefarms.com/

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