Star Route Farms

40 acres in Bolinas (25 miles to market) and 10 acres in Thermal (520 miles to market).
Owner Warren Weber, farm manager Doug Gallagher, and sales manager Annabelle Lenderink, along with 5 full-time and 20 part-time or seasonal workers.
Marin Organic Certified Agriculture (MOCA) since 2001; Salmon Safe certified since 2007
Warren grew up in Missouri and Connecticut, taking summer farm jobs from the age of 15. After receiving an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Economics and a PhD in English Literature, Warren began farming organically in Bolinas in 1974. More recently he has expanded his farming operation to the Coachella Valley in Southern California.
From 1985-88 he served as President of California Certified Organic Farmers and co-founded the Organic Farming Research Foundation in 1991. He served on the steering committee of the California Sustainable Ag Working Group (1997-98) and was a recipient of a "Susty" award from the Committee for Sustainable Agriculture in 1998. Over the years he has served on many diverse boards, including the boards of CUESA and Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT). He has also served as president of Marin Organic. Warren was instrumental in the creation of Marin Organic Certified Agriculture (MOCA), one of the first county government certifiers in the country.
Population monitoring, crop rotation, selection of resistant varieties, application of certified organic pesticides.
The farm's silty clay loam is built with compost, cover crops, and crop stubble. Certified organic fertilizers, raw organic matter, and compost add essential nutrients to the soil.
Sprinkler and drip irrigation from direct source and groundwater.
By hand and machine, cover cropping, flaming of weed seedlings.
