J. M. Sharp Company

06/16/2025

Today the Santa Paula Time capsule was opened from 1975. It has been 50 years, and guess whose face was on the front page of the newspaper… Grace Sharp Thille.

04/22/2025

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIwUy7hgOCd/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

That is me. Lisa Tate Soury

09/28/2024

https://youtu.be/vQ-WQ4wDkZM?si=sTaIZyjvYndhyq5W

Thank you for joining us for another conversation! In this episode, Lisa Tate of Rancho Filoso and the California Coffee Collective and I talk about women i...

09/28/2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3RAaDG6y9VjAZ433xiHsmc

Ag on the Edge · Episode

08/20/2024

I was looking through J. M. Sharp's journal and I found his thoughts on the Emancipation Proclamation. I typed it up so it is easier to read, but I included photos of the original.

08/20/2024

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/inside-socal-california-coffee-collective-818/

Did you know some of the best coffee beans are now grown right here in California? Rancho Filoso's Lisa Tate Soury had an idea and was willing to take a risk, and it's paying off beyond their wildest dreams.

01/23/2024

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/dozens-of-trees-in-ventura-county-infected-with-citrus-killing-disease/3312824/

The state of California has issued a quarantine in Ventura County for citrus trees infected with a deadly bacterial disease called huanglongbing, or citrus greening. The bacterial disease has not appeared in commercial growers, but backyard growers are encouraged to not exchange citrus fruits or bra...

11/26/2023

https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/11/26/letters-be-an-ag-hero-with-fruit-flies-losing-how-to-exchange-views/71692081007/

Letters include how keeping fruit flies in backyard helps county agriculture; and lamenting people's inability to argue with civility.

10/28/2023

I got to tour Santa Paula High School today and found some family in the 1907 yearbook.

09/22/2023

https://archive.org/details/SantaPaulaIn1929-Pt2

We think J.M. Sharp is in this video at the end in the Rotary section.

Promotional film for Santa Paula, CA. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be purchased for stock footage purposes....

09/16/2023

I came across an old recipe book and found a few recipes that might be of interet to our family…

08/31/2023

Great article about our forefather from the 1927 Citrograph publication. If you would like a pdf of this, message me with your email address.

-Lisa Tate Soury