Sam Earnshaw

Sam Earnshaw is the Central Coast Program Coordinator for Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF).  He studied Forestry at U.C. Berkeley, graduating in 1974.  In the mid-1980's  Sam and his wife Jo Ann Baumgartner started their own farm, Neptune Farms, and marketed organic vegetables and cut flowers to retail stores, farmers markets and wholesalers in the local area. In 1992, Sam began working as Lighthouse Farm coordinator for CAFF, sponsoring monthly meetings and field tours for farmers, sharing techniques in biologically based farming techniques. Sam's work with local growers in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, Salinas and Hollister through this program has led to CAFF's involvement in land use and water issues on the Central Coast. He is the author of Hedgerows for California Agriculture: A Resource Guide published by CAFF. He is currently working on the design and installation of hedgerows, grassed waterways, filter strips and riparian restoration on farms on the Central Coast, and has planted over one hundred miles of projects on seventy farms.  That's partner Jo Ann Baumgartner with him in the photo.