Farm Products
Our vocational farm program helps teach skills to adults with special needs from all over the Bay Area. Volunteers help us prepare, create, and package many of our farm products for sale and the proceeds in turn help to support the farm. Our products are sold at the Harvard Community Market once a month and at our farm stand during certain times of the summer.
Here is just a sampling of our products…
The Big Wave Farm Team
Our Big Wave Farm team members continue their education with other resources, including Garden for the Environment, Pie Ranch, CRAFT (small farmer education), Master Gardeners, and the USDA.
Included on our farm team is an adult from our special needs community who represents the future residents at Big Wave and our community in general. Farm team members also collaborate with other organic farms, take classes, and attend conferences to improve our current gardening methods.
Big Wave Farm Eggs
We are so proud of our chickens and give them organic feed and let them free-range. The chickens are friendly and enjoy table scraps such as apple cores, banana peels, lettuce stalks, and even garden weeds as special treats.
At any given time we have between 40-50 chickens and a few roosters who help to protect our flock. Because we have over a half dozen different breeds of chickens, and each breed lays a different hue, our eggs are a colorful delight of pink, blue, white, green, light and dark brown. Did you know that chickens usually lay up to 200 eggs per year? Future residents help to gather, pack and label our eggs.
Lavender
Our farm grows lavender that we use for many purposes including culinary lavender that flavors our teas, sugar and hot cocoa, and can be used in baking, or non-culinary products such as lavender body oil, neck wraps, mists and fire sticks. Volunteers help us to hang up the lavender to dry, later strip the buds and prepare and pack them into products, such as lavender sachets.
The Big Wave Farm Team
Our Big Wave Farm team members continue their education with other resources, including Garden for the Environment, Pie Ranch, CRAFT (small farmer education), Master Gardeners, and the USDA.
Included on our farm team is an adult from our special needs community who represents the future residents at Big Wave and our community in general. Farm team members also collaborate with other organic farms, take classes, and attend conferences to improve our current gardening methods.
Honey
There are ten hives located on the Big Wave property which are managed by a third party beekeeper to produce the most delicious honey!
Herbs and Salts
Many herbs grow on the Big Wave farm which we package and sell, from rosemary to thyme, blue basil and oregano. We also sell Mediterranean sea salt with Big Wave farm herbs in its own refillable grinder and a southwestern rub that is delicious on meats and poultry. Our “Herbes de Big Wave” is a favorite of our customers and delicious on eggs, salads, and meats.
Coopfetti
If you happen to have chickens at home or have farmer friends that do, stop by the Half Moon Bay Feed and Fuel on Main Street in downtown Half Moon Bay to purchase some Big Wave “Coopfetti”. A handful of this aromatic herbal blend supports the health and happiness of your chickens and keeps your coop smelling great!