Author Archives: Taylor Starr

The summer solstice rolled into Southern Oregon this weekend with a pleasant cold front, rain, and thick clouds.  This return to spring weather is a welcome development as we head into the hot dry months ahead. It’s a brief lull … Continue reading →

2024 Programs and Projects: Grew 50,000 trees, shrubs, and wildflowers in our Native Nursery for restoration projects throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California. Hosted 20 children for Summer Farm Camp. Provided weekly outdoor education programs in our partner school gardens … Continue reading →

On February 15, 2024 we lost a great friend of the farm and an even greater human – James Haim.  He left this world suddenly and tragically and much too soon. I first met James twenty years ago when he … Continue reading →

2023 has been a great year on the Farm of growth, new ventures, and a return to normalcy after 3 years of Covid challenges. We have been blessed with a very pleasant mix of a wet winter, mild spring and … Continue reading →

Remarkably White Oak Farm turned 20 years old this fall.  Two decades is a long time in human terms and in the life of a farm; amazing people come and go, babies are born, cabins get built, trees grow and … Continue reading →

2022 has been a great year on the Farm so far. We have been blessed with abundant spring rains, cool weather, and lots of opportunities to work with students in the school gardens and at the Farm. With the constant … Continue reading →

14 inches and counting! We are so blessed to be getting an abundant snow producing storm this week. The creek is finally flowing, and the snow is piling up. The above view is of the upper meadow at the Farm … Continue reading →

Restoration By Taylor Starr, Director Given the challenges facing the world these days, it is easy to be pessimistic and even despondent about our future.  The smoke and fires start earlier every summer and last later into the fall. Drought … Continue reading →

Practicing Resilience By Taylor Starr One great thing about farming is that it prepares you for surprises.  There is always a late frost or a freak thunderstorm or an unexpected pest to throw a farmer a curveball when you least … Continue reading →