Monday, December 30, 2013

Thank You for all the Support!

Dear Long Beach Locals-

We know your inbox is flooded with end of year donation requests. We also want to throw our name in that hat but more importantly say thanks.

Thank you for making 2013 an amazing year. We hosted 100's of kids on the farm for school field trips, Camp Fire kids, and workshops. We hope to extend these programs in 2014 and add Farm Camp to the roster. Every kid should learn basic food knowledge and have a farm experience.

Our Farmstand was open for 8 months for you to be able to purchase fresh, organic, specialty produce for your family. We also extended our Farmstand into a Marketplace supporting other local artesian businesses. Our 2014 hours are 2nd Saturday 10-1.

In 2014 we hope to have an addition of 100 fruit trees. Our growing climate is perfect for citrus, stone fruit and tropicals. If you are interested in funding our orchard I will send you the proposal.

This winter we are not resting at all. We are planning our Spring crops as well as building some much needed infrastructure. We can always use lumber and building supplies please contact us before coming by with your donations.

We have ambitions plans for 2014. Your support is the single factor that will make those plans a reality. Please donate to Long Beach Local today!

If you make a gift of support today, here's what we can accomplish in 2014.

  • Help us to replenish our seed bank for 2014
  • Pay off the balance owed on our tractor
  • Expand our educational program so we can have summer camp on the farm!
  • Plant 100 fruit trees
  • Hire a farmer, we are suppose to be creating jobs!
  • Get more chickens to fulfill the demand for our delicious eggs

At Farm Lot 59 we are dedicated to providing Long Beach with pesticide free, non-GMO, organically grown produce. By supporting the farm you are supporting a local business and keeping your tax deductible donations right here in the community. Become a member today for $25 or donate at any level. We appreciate the support.

See you on the farm.

Sasha Kanno

Executive Director and Farmer

www.longbeachlocal.org

 



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Monday, December 9, 2013

A little about Sasha Kanno

Most of you know me as Sasha Kanno, Urban Farmer but I did have a different life before all this started. I have worked as a floral designer since 1998. I got my start in Hawaii and attended the Honolulu Academy of Art studying Ikebana. In 2000 my then boyfriend (now husband) and I moved to California and I began working at Macy's at South Coast Plaza doing windows and Christmas decorations for all 3 stores. After my time in the OC we moved to LB and I started working for a huge event company in Culver City. While working for them I designed 100's of weddings, bar and bat mitzvah parties and all kids of specialty events for our Beverly Hills clients. We were contracted to install Christmas in the hotels along the Miracle Mile as well as Manhattan Beach and Beverly Hills.

Then I worked as a floral designer at the famous Empty Vase on Santa Monica Blvd. This job is where I really stepped up my game. I serviced many famous clients weekly floral needs and also maintained the Beverly Hills Hilton.

Around this time I met some people who were working in the film industry and I wanted to give it a shot. Like everyone else I started as an assistant and worked my way up. I coordinated a ton of great, crappy, embarrassing, horrible, terrible, amazing and some epic television and feature films. I'm still a proud member of IATSE. You can read my film bio here. 

So its just a little peek into my life before chicken keeping and vegetable growing. I hope you enjoy some of the attached pictures from a magazine shoot we did a few years back.








Saturday, December 7, 2013

Holiday Wreath Class


Join us Saturday, December 14 at 10:30 am for our Holiday Wreath Class. We will be using live cedar wreath, on and off farm products and everyone will take home their beautiful creations for the holidays.
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Holiday Wreath Class


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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

End of the Year Donations and Thanks!


Dear Long Beach Locals-
We just wrapped up our second year farming on Farm Lot 59. We are starting to get the hang of it. Thank you to all our loyal customers who shopped with us at Farmstand 59 during the season. We will be announcing our 2014 schedule after the New Year. Get excited for another great season of pastured organically fed chicken eggs, heirloom and always non-GMO varitiy vegetables, herbs, fruit and flowers for sale. We expect to have our first honey harvest in the spring as well as garlic, fava's and delicious leeks!
This winter we will be building some much needed infrastructure as well as expanding our orchard. If you have resources for either of these please let us know. We can always use lumber and building supplies and we have room to plant another 100 trees! Please contact us before coming by with your donations.
We have ambitions plans for 2014. Your support is the single factor that will make those plans a reality. Please donate to Long Beach Local today!
If you make a gift of support today, here's what we can accomplish in 2014.
  • Help us to replenish our seed bank for 2014
  • Send 2 farmers to the Ecological Farming Conference in January
  • Pay off the balance owed on our tractor
  • Rebuild the fence around the chicken yard
  • Expand our educational program so we can have summer camp on the farm!
At Farm Lot 59 we are dedicated to providing Long Beach with pesticide free, non-GMO, organically grown produce. By supporting the farm you are supporting a local business and keeping your tax deductible donations right here in the community. Become a member today for $25 or donate at any level. We appreciate the support.

See you on the farm.
Sasha Kanno
Executive Director and Farmer
www.longbeachlocal.org



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