CHARITIES WE SUPPORT
At Oak Grove Farms, service and charity have been our priorities since inception. As the present stewards of this land we are temporarily in charge of its well-being and how it benefits our community and the world at large.
Fresh organic produce is donated primarily to one of these two food pantries weekly:
Fallbrook Food Pantry
Fallbrook, San Diego County, California
https://www.fallbrookfoodpantry.org/
They envision a community where the pain and suffering caused by hunger does not exist and where those in need have access to an adequate and nutritious supply of food.
Share Our Selves Social Service and Food Pantry
Costa Mesa, Orange County, California
https://shareourselves.org/services/social-services/food-services/
Their mission as servants is to provide care and assistance to those in need, and act as advocates for systemic change. At Share Ourselves they believe in the importance of good nutrition as a key ingredient for optimal health. Their food pantry services are designed to provide essential sustenance to individuals and families, promoting health through access to nutritious food options.
Other Significant Charities - KM Productions
Orange County, California
https://www.kmproductions.net/
This organization is led by visionary founder Kristin Martin, an exceptional event producer whose passion and expertise have driven successful fundraising efforts for some of the nation’s most influential charities. With a focus on culinary charities, they orchestrate unforgettable, deeply impactful events that inspire impressive generosity and foster community. Some of the events they officiate, sponsor and bring to life are: Table for Ten, Top Chef OC, Coastal Food and Wine Festival, Festival of Chefs OC and Chef Masters.
THE FARM
The Next Best Thing to Growing It Yourself.
Oak Grove Farms is a sustainable organic marketplace for clientele who demand the very best for themselves, for the well-being of their families and community, and for the complex and vital eco-web.
The produce is nutrient-dense, the flowers are fresh and free of toxins, all grown hyper-locally in a rich soil biome and picked just days before purchase.
At Oak Grove Farms, the person who grew your food and flowers, the person who made your wreath ... this person is not voiceless, nameless, faceless, or invisible. Here, you are getting a personal farmer who curates your food and flowers, and delivers it to you, right here in Southern California.
We thank our customers for participating in a vibrant, symbiotic and natural process in which our community and ecosystems can flourish.
HISTORY OF THE LAND
Oak Grove Farms exists amidst a majestic old-growth oak grove, untouched native chaparral that existed before humans stepped onto the land; a life-sustaining well, and a year-round stream.
The farm spans over ten rolling acres of prime farming land, soothed by breezes off the nearby Pacific coast, in picturesque and welcoming Fallbrook, in San Diego County.
Over 30 percent of the farm has been preserved in its virgin state, as a refuge for all our indigenous animal friends. This approach of leaving untouched land alone is more impactful than replicating native habitats on previously occupied land: For instance, native bees, once disturbed from their habitat in the ground, struggle to come back even after restoration efforts have been made.
Our approach to sustainability extends well beyond resource conservation and regenerative farming principles; we tend to the entire eco-web. Our land even has a history of sustainability; the previous steward was Bill Galt, a pioneer in the health food industry, who with his wife maintained the groves under organic certification.
OAK GROVE COMMUNITY
Doing our part to reduce the carbon footprint that is made necessary by food consumption, we collectively buy in to farming for the benefit of everyone and everything in nature’s remarkable and integrated mosaic.
Supported by a team that includes hydrologists, engineers, horticulturalists, entomologists, contractors, mycologists, and of course farmers, we have created a working model in which we do much more than just sell food and flowers as a means to an end.
There is a price to pay for building and operating a farm in this way, and it is only possible when local consumers willingly help sustain it. With the support of our community, into which we have been warmly welcomed, the weight of this sacrifice is being shared.
OUR LOGO: THE CORE
Forms such as spheres, waves, spirals, and nets produce a Universe full of patterns, from the branching of trees to the human form to the galaxies. Just as the intelligence of every being is held in its smallest unit, a form holds the structure, energy and intelligence of the whole.
Our logo the Core is a basic form that presents itself in a myriad of sacred and complex shapes and patterns in our Universe - a sphere, infinity, yang and yin to name a few. It serves to constantly remind us that paying attention to the basic truths creates and sustains a complete whole.
The Core Philosophy
If one does not replenish, who will tend to the barren aftermath?
In the ceaseless pursuit of life, we go about depleting everybody and everything; physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually … Let us stop!
As the present stewards of this land we are temporarily in charge of its well-being and how it benefits our community and the world at large.
FARM SUPERINTENDENTS
We live a farm life. We know every curve and hillside of this ranch. We're attuned to the natural rhythms of the land and all of the creatures we share it with, including those of the humans who work in harmony with the land to grow food for other humans.