agriculture economy

Saving the Palisade Peach and Protecting Farm Workers

Saving the Palisade Peach and Protecting Farm Workers

Evan and Kim Ela had stayed several times at the organic peach farm his friend Thomas Cameron owned and operated since the early 1980s. When an opportunity arose to purchase some shares in the farm, Evan took it – but he also saw another opportunity: protecting the farm and its infrastructure so that it would always remain in agricultural production. Today, Thomas’s daughter, Gwen, is the lead farmer at Rancho Durazno. This second-generation farmer – she learned the ropes from her dad – is intentional about growing organically. But Gwen is also making the mission her own: Her innovative approach is about responsibly supporting and serving the migrant workers the farm relies on to succeed.