Producer Findings

We talked with 15 producers and 4 apprentices throughout the course of our research. You can read more about how we chose these interviewees on our Methodology page, find out specifics of each interviewee in the demographics table below, or refer to the submenu links on the right for our findings.


ID AGE GENDER EXPER. (years) ITEMS SOLD ACRES FARMED ORGANIC CERT. AREA
P1 38 Male 4 Asian pears,
apples		 14 Yes Sonoma County
P2 51 Male 35 Peaches 26 Yes Butte County
P3 59 Male 18 Stone fruit 60 Yes Fresno County
P4 58 Female 18 Stone fruit 60 Yes Fresno County
P5 31 Male 18 Stone fruit 60 Yes Fresno County
P6 59 Male 15 Grain 10 No
 Yuba County
P7 51 Male 11 Produce 5 No
 Nevada County
P8 51 Male 8 Produce 5.5 No Nevada County
P9 57 Male 34 Produce 4.5 No Nevada County
P10 31 Male 5 Produce 18 No New York: Dutchess County
P11 56 Female 16 Cheese -- Yes Marin County
P12 56 Male 38 Pork, lamb,
poultry, eggs,
wine grapes,
asparagus		 75 No Marin County
P13 31 Male 2 Produce,
flowers		 25 No Sonoma County
P14 27 Female 4 Produce,
flowers,
herbs		 2 No Sonoma County

Note: P3, P4, and P5 are different interviewees from the same farm.


ID AGE GENDER EXPER. (years) APPRENTICED AT
A1 22 Female 0.25 P7's Farm
A2 24 Male 0.5 P8's Farm
A3 26 Female 4 P7's Farm + elsewhere
A4 24 Female 0.67 P9's Farm