The GRUBs had lost their lease, so on a Sunday afternoon, the 27th of September 2015, the Chico community of GRUB, friends and supporters, gathered to say a final goodbye to the sprawling Victorian house that had been their home through the years and to the fields they’d made green with their organic fruits and vegetables.

Over the years I’ve chronicled the progression of this full-on organic farming and “Intentional Community” that gave rise to the GRUB CSA and the GRUB Education programs. I’ve taken a total of 6 group photos. And now I was taking my last bike ride to the farm where I would gather with GRUB members and friends under the familiar walnut tree that has seen so many gatherings. There would be music and home made pizza baked in the outdoor brick oven. There would be hugs and goodbyes and some sadness, and one last group photo.

GRUB, January 2010

GRUB, July 2010

GRUB (date unknown)

GRUB, September 2011

GRUB, October 2012

GRUB, September 2015

GRUB CSA 8/12

GRUB CSA 8/12

Organic Vegetable Project

Stephanie leads the Community Garden Tour.

The “Chicken Tractor” 6/09

The GRUB preferred mode of transportation, 6/09

The Tepee, 6/09

GRUB builds garden plots for Walnut Grove Apartments, 4/10

Orin gets weighed on the produce scale, 7/10

Hand Tools, 6/09

Ron’s bike shop, “Old Spokes Home,” 10/12

GRUB wash day.

Chicken house.

Sherri and her veggie “starts.”

Sammy and Sherri.

Stephanie plowing rows for the kitchen garden.

GRUB Credo