School Road Farm is the home of Jim Leap and Polly Goldman, realized in 2010 after having been dreamed of by both of us for what feels like our whole lives. On four acres of gently sloped north-facing land in San Benito County, CA, we are pursuing ideals of self-sufficiency, sustainability, and artistic expression, with goals of contentment, joy, discovery, and sharing.
Of course, we usually fall short of these ideals and goals. Which is okay; let’s just say that an additional goal is to laugh about our failures and learn from them, and figure out why it is now so complicated to do what millions of people have done throughout history without all this fuss.
Anyway, the idea is to share some of what we’re doing on these pages. We hope you enjoy it.
School Road Farm 
I like this photo of you two. Who is your photographer?
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Ooh, I didn’t even credit you, sorry!
Photo by The One and Only Maureen Cain, of course.
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Hi Jim and Polly! I am a young farmer working on a 10 acre organic/low-till farm in Nevada City (First Rain Farm) where I am in charge of irrigation. With the looming dry summer approaching I am being called to explore the implementation of new methods that could make us less water-reliant and feel inspired by your dry farming results. Would either of you be willing to have a conversation about your methods? Thanks! Nico
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Hey Nico – Jim went ahead and looked up your farm and left a message on your phone. Best of luck!
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Hi Jim, I see you are presenting at EcoFarm on Setting Up Mechanization for Small Farms. I have been working on alternatives to fossil fuel since 1970 and electric tractors since ’92 and I want to let you know about my new little remote control electric 2-wheel tractor – The e2T. It can be used for all draft applications, transplanting, harvesting, ATV pull-behind implements and has a PTO with BCS quick connect. Check it out at http://www.renewables.com
Look forward to seeing you at EcoFarm, Steve Heckeroth
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Hey Steve,
Glad to know you are still at it. I will check out your link – thanks for passing it along.
Jim
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