THE FARM

Hello there! Welcome to Elder Flat Farm. We’re so glad you’re here. We are a local organic family farm in the small town of Los Alamos, California. Just an hour north of Santa Barbara and adjacent to the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley.

We look after 102 acres of rolling hills, tend to an organic market garden, raise grazing animals, chickens and nurture our family and friends on a mesa we call Elder Flat. Our namesake pays homage to all that tended this land before us. “This is not our land, we are just taking care of it for awhile.” -Mike Malloy

We grow seasonal vegetables, diversified fruits, flowers and berries; we also pasture raise chickens for eggs, raise California Red sheep for wool and meat, raise seasonal pigs and beef cattle. Our farm is very diverse which is exciting and challenging at the same time. Every day is truly unique on our farm.

We grow everything organically with some additional biodynamic practices, and with regenerative agriculture at the forefront. We encourage biodiversity, embrace animal integration and rotational grazing, practice cover cropping, have onsite composting, plant bee and pollinator habitat, and aim to be a zero waste farm.

Our mission is to grow healthy food for our family and community while being regenerative stewards of this land. Everything that we do prioritizes the health and well being of ourselves, our friends, family and neighbors, the animals, the plants, the soil, and the microorganisms that live and depend on this land. We promote whole animal eating and sell and use every part of the animal possible. We want to be your famers, we want to feed you, feed your family, and nourish our community.

Look for us on menus and shelves in Los Alamos and throughout Santa Barbara County!