It’s a brilliantly sunny day in Ventura County, on a squarish piece of land near the Southern California coast. At The Abundant Table farm, tucked between the cities of Camarillo and Oxnard, the temperature is in the mid-60s, fine for the cool weather veggies growing with great enthusiasm on the farm’s 4 acres. Just four people tend the rows of plants, which include everything from greens such as kale and spinach, to cabbage, broccoli, turnips, carrots, beets and radishes. “Anything that’s a row crop that’s in season, we’re probably growing it,” says Reyna Ortega, The Abundant Table’s interim executive director. “And strawberries!”
But what’s remarkable about this farm isn’t so much what’s grown there; it’s how it’s grown—and why. A nonprofit, certified organic venture, The Abundant Table is about “valuing…
