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Farm Manager Sarah Silva grew up in Sonoma County and has been around animals and caring and raising them in some capacity all of her life. In 2007 Sarah decided to leave the well respected world of NASA Education and Public Outreach to spend time with her family and her animals. In May of 2008 she started Silva Star Farms, and she has been working non-stop ever since. In autumn 2011 Sarah along with all of Silva Star Farm took on the job of managing Felton Acres. Today she is the farmer in charge of day-to-day priorities and is wearing the many hats required to keep the farm moving forward.
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| | Marc Felton is the owner and Chief Farming Officer. My family includes my wife Mary and 3 kids: Jeremy (9), Madeline (7), and Nathaniel (4). In addition to being the primary caregiver for the kids Mary is the Chief Financial Officer of the farm and is very active in the community. I am a 3rd generation Californian who grew up in Monterey, CA and I just can't imagine living anywhere else. In high school I was an exchange student in Japan and I walked among rice paddies to take the train to ride my bike to get to school. I saw there how space can be used to its full potential sustainably for 1000's of years. Passionate farmers can produce food without destroying their land.
I had a decade long career in high tech in the Bay Area before moving to Sebastopol to raise my family. I started this farm when the Sac River fall king salmon run dwindled to 5% of its usual population and my dream of operating a salmon charter fishing vessel evaporated in a single year. I hope to produce food that is at least in some ways similar in nutritional quality and depth of flavor to that most noble California resource: the wild king salmon. |
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