Albert and Eve Organics is proud to be partnered with Agricultural Land Based Association (ALBA), a small-farm business incubator helping farm workers and other low-income individuals to create their own farm businesses. ALBA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization working to advance economic viability, social equity, and ecological land management among aspiring and limited-resource farmers.

Based in Monterey County and located on two organic farms, the ALBA Training Association helps train farm workers and aspiring farmers with limited-resources to grow and sell crops.

The first farm sits on 110-acres between Salinas and Chualar, and serves as ALBA headquarters, with a resource center and classroom, a maintenance workshop, a produce cooler, and a distribution facility. The Salinas farm is home to the Small Farm Education Program where beginning farmers learn about organic farming, business planning, and marketing. Typically, more than 16 farmers cultivate over 50 different crops at this location. During their tenure here, ALBA helps the farmers establish and transition their small farm businesses to other locations.

The second farm is also known as the Triple M Ranch, and is located in northern Monterey County. This 195-acre farm practices soil, water, and habitat conservation in the environmentally sensitive Elkhorn Slough watershed. The farm hosts many workshops and field days every year. Local farmers lease land here in order to learn new farming strategies, which they can later adapt and practice on land that they manage elsewhere.

Albert and Eve Organics is proud to join ALBA in its effort to create more diverse market options for small-scale organic farmers in the greater Bay Area, and help them remain competitive in a market dominated by big growers/distributors. By partnering with ALBA, we aim to contribute to a more just and sustainable food system by helping: 1) small-scale, limited-resource farmers with the distribution of their produce to the larger public; 2) support tomorrow’s organic farmers and pioneers of sustainable agriculture; and 3) the enhancement of biological diversity and protection of natural resources – all necessary components of such a food system.

Tour ALBA and meet the farmers: join the Albert and Eve staff on periodic trips to ALBA— only an hour to ninety minutes drive from most Bay Area cities. Bring the kids for an educational and fun tour of the farms, and learn directly from farmers how our food is grown.