Farmhouse White 2021

Co-founded by Fred Cline and Bobby Cannard, the Green String farming method is based on the long-term health and well-being of plants and soil. Fred is a farmer before anything else and spends the majority of his time outside watching, studying and learning from the land. Bobby has been farming sustainably for 30 years and helped lead the sustainable food movement in Northern California. Farmhouse is named for the old house (depicted in the illustration) at Green String Farm in Petaluma, California. It serves as the school and library where conscientious students from around the globe learn the Green String method of sustainable farming. Students at Green String learn to respect the earth and how to respond to the needs of their environment as they raise food that brings health to local populations. The goal is to teach students how to improve the biology of the lands that they steward while growing healthy food. All plants are grown from seeds or cuttings, including new plantings of grapevines. Fred and Bobby are testing dry-farmed, native root cuttings. The result is slower growth, but deeper roots and better long-term plant health.