October 07, 2026
Gold Ridge Organic Farms founder Brooke Hazen laughs when asked if he’s ever personally counted the 13,000 olive trees he claims to have when he leads tours around his hillside Sebastopol ranch. It’s a precise number, but completely believable for the meticulously groomed 70-acre orchard planted in a diverse selection of Italian, Spanish and French cultivars. He is positive, he quips, that his team harvests “more than 20” varieties each fall, and the result is “a lot, a lot” of premium olives.
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