Live Power Community Farm
Covelo, CA
http://www.livepower.org/
Live
Power is an organic, biodynamic, diversified, farm that is powered by
photovoltaics and draft horses.
On this busy farm, the resounding theme is one of balance between practicality
and spirituality. “The farm is a vast and constant interchange; a realm of
sharing, giving, and serving. As farmers we become conscious participants in
this exchange.” Stephen and Gloria Decater have been farming in the Round
Valley region of Mendocino County, just outside of Covelo, since 1973.
Since 1988 Live Power
has served a community of members/co-producers, making it one of the first CSAs
in the United States. The program continues to thrive, currently feeding over
200 families from the Bay Area and Mendocino. The seasonal farm shares span
May-November, and come in bushel or half-bushel quantities. In true “community
farm” spirit, members are invited to help unload the CSA deliveries and
organize the shares. Member involvement is important to the Decaters, stating
“We believe that a community-based (rather than market-based) farm has the
greatest potential to create a new, more conscious awareness of our
food/economic system and is the key to the future.”
Local 6th
– 10th grade students attend school visits to the farm, where they
are taught hands-on skills and invited to connect with their food system. David
Martinez reminisces about his experiences visiting Live Power as a child, “The
warm care of the earth combined with a vibrant practicality makes the Live
Power experience a rare and valuable gift that I hold close.” 
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