Nestled into the hills of the quiet little town of ojai is where youll find the rio gozo farm. Rio, which means river in spanish, and gozo, which means joy, is run by former chef and now fulltime farmer john fonteyn. And if you watch him work long enough, youll realize just how much gozo is actually flowing around these parts. Good morning. You, too. How are you all . I mean, my first love qith food wap really preparing food and cooking it. I just kind of felt like since food was a relationship im gonna have my whole life, and one i check in with 3 times a day, that itd be good to really kind of explore it deeper. And john gets to explore his love f r food every day, now across 3 1 2 acres of various real crops at the farm. He picks squashes and packs the produce from sunrise to sufdown and has built a connectiob not only to food but his local community, too. He operates a Thriving Community supported agriculture business, delivering to homes and offices. In addition, hes struck up rel
and has built a connectiob not only to food but his local community, too. he operates a thriving community supported agriculture business, delivering to homes and offices. in addition, he s struck up relationships with local chefs like tim kilcoyne at the sidecar restaurant in downtown ventura, offering them an outlet to get produce they may not find elsewhere, and offering them advice from a chef s viewpoint. something like this? is this what we re looking for? ok, cool. i love to speak to him about, like, what would you like to see next season? and so we can start talking about how we can plan his menu basically from the see catalog, and, you know, have it to where the diners can understand that, you know, your dinner didn t just take an hour to prepare; it took 110 days. becausthat s how long ago we thought about what you d be eating, what you might like to eat. and these are some of the tomatoes that are getting ready, but we can pull these today. this is the male flowe
[captionibg made possible by california farm bureau federation] coming up on california country, see how one farmer is breaking bread with his customers, literally. then we offer an ode to olives thanks to this historic company. and see how salads are getting a makeofer thanks to these long-time farmers. plus see how your flowers get from the field to the florist. it s all ahead, and it starts now. nestled into the hills of the quiet little town of ojai is where you ll find the rio gozo farm. rio, which means river in spanish, and gozo, which means joy, is run by former chef and now full-time farmer john fonteyn. and if you watch him work long enough, you ll realize just how much gozo is actually flowing around these parts. good morning. you, too. how are you all? i mean, my first love qith food wap really preparing food and cooking it. i just kind of felt like since food was a relationship i m gonna have my whole life, and one i check