The piece follows a fall afternoon in the gardens of Sonoma and Mendocino counties — the weeks when months of work are standing right in front of you, and harvest is about to begin. It visits Spencer Stribling's farm in Mendocino County and Sonoma Hills Farm in Sonoma County, and it asks the question at the heart of every tour: what changes when you meet the person who grew the plant?
As the article puts it: "For a few weeks in the fall, though, it is all standing right there in front of you: the plant, the farmer, the land, and the harvest about to happen."
That is the mission behind every tour. Small family farms in Sonoma and Mendocino counties face a marketplace where large operations compete on price and volume. What a small farm offers instead is something no large grow can reproduce: the chance to meet the grower, walk the land, and hear the story directly from the source. Tours compensate farmers directly, helping small farms stay afloat.
Fat Nugs Magazine is an independent cannabis culture publication. The feature is a meaningful moment for cannatourism — and for the farmers whose work it celebrates.
