Meet the Farmer

A KTA client since 2013, Caleb over at Fogline Farm on the Año Nuevo Peninsula has cultivated a loyal customer base for his organic, pasture-raised chickens.

Community lies at the heart of Fogline’s success and growth, and is something Caleb actively nurtures among both the team at Fogline and other small farms and ranches on the San Mateo Coast. Antonio Reyes, an employee at Fogline, has been key to helping Caleb navigate recent hardships. In 2021, Antonio started his own operation, Antonio and Sons Farm, subleasing land from Caleb and joining KTA's advising program as a member of our 2022 client cohort. In recent years, Caleb has also deepened his relationship with KTA client Dede Boies of Root Down Farm as both navigated livestock ownership together. Now, Caleb supports with the harvest and delivery of Dede's chickens.

In 2020, when the pandemic hit, Fogline Farm found itself shaken; as restaurants closed and market channels shrank, Caleb assumed it was the end of his business.

However, the Fogline family pulled through owing to direct-to-consumer market streams like online marketplaces, grocery delivery services, and farmers markets. The foundational support Fogline’s customer community provided ultimately inspired Caleb to grow his operation; with newfound confidence to scale up his business. By April of the next year, he had succeeded in doubling Fogline’s production on the same acreage with a new employee and upgraded infrastructure.