What do you do for a living?
I own and operate Sea Level Farm in Corralitos. It’s an organic farm that grows a wide variety of vegetables and a lot of tasty dry-farmed tomatoes.
What would you be doing if you weren’t doing that?
I’d be working and playing outside no matter what I was doing.
What do you do in your free time?
I love playing music, surfing and hanging with my family and friends. Santa Cruz has so much to offer it’s hard to go wrong when you have a little free time. Getting in the ocean or taking a hike are on the top of the list.
What brought you to Santa Cruz?
Well I have to thank my mother for that. She brought my sister and I to Santa Cruz when I was eight years old. That would have been 1978. You know, the good old days, when a kid could still ride a skateboard down Pacific Garden Mall. Thanks, Mom!
What’s your favorite street?
North County Highway One! Every time I drive up the coast it feels like a holiday.
Name something you’re excited about.
I’m excited that people are turned on about the culture of food more than ever before. I’m excited that we have such a great diversity of local farmers, artists and musicians in our area, and most of all I’m exited to live in such a beautiful place. How lucky we all are!
Name a pet peeve.
I can answer that in one word: gophers.
What are you reading?
I’m reading The First Year Of Homeschooling Your Child by Linda Dobson. We are going to be home schooling this year and I need all the help I can get.
What’s the most important thing you’ve learned in the last three years?
To continue doing what I enjoy and trust that everything else will fall into place.
Recent personal food trend?
Around here it’s all about the taco and the mega salads, topped with dry-farmed tomatoes, of course!
