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2015 Winner of the Golden Tarp Awards<br />
Growing<br />
Gold<br />
Jonathan Gilbert and Emerald Family Farms<br />
By Emily Hobelmann<br />
Humboldt County<br />
The wind rushes through the trees in this pristine<br />
Eastern Humboldt mountain landscape, pushing<br />
through space in a way reminiscent of how we push<br />
through life, sometimes softly and gently, sometimes<br />
with a gust.<br />
Jonathan Gilbert stands on the edge of a fully permitted,<br />
million gallon rainwater catchment pond at<br />
the Emerald Family Farms flagship location off Titlow<br />
Hill Road. He describes how the pond is engineered,<br />
how the farm he works at strives for water independence<br />
and he talks about the series of important visitors<br />
the farm has recently received, from members of<br />
the California Board of Equalization to Senator Mike<br />
McGuire.<br />
Gilbert is passionate about cultivating cannabis organically.<br />
He is an Emerald Triangle cannabis farmer<br />
and the Master Cultivator at this spacious well-developed<br />
location out east -- paradise realized. And right<br />
now, it is safe to say that his high standards have<br />
earned him the title of greenest thumb in Humboldt<br />
County.<br />
Emerald Family Farms<br />
Emerald Family Farms is a collection<br />
of breeders, healers, master gardeners<br />
and small batch private reserve farmers<br />
based in Humboldt, Mendocino and<br />
Trinity counties. Emerald Family Farm<br />
gardeners grow organically with best<br />
management practices, and members<br />
strive for water independence and fully<br />
environmentally mitigated farms.<br />
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