Radical Family Farms is a 3-acre farm in Sebastopol, growing culturally relevant crops for the Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese and South East Asian diaspora, as well as non-Asian crops typically found at California farmers markets.

Owner Leslie Wiser was born in Chicago and raised throughout the Midwest in St. Paul, Cleveland, and Indianapolis. When she was in her early 20’s, she spent a season working on a 10-acre organic farm in Palmer, Alaska where her passion for regenerative agriculture took root. Being a first-generation mixed woman of Chinese-Taiwanese, German, and Polish Jewish descent, she rarely found her story and cultural heritage reflected in mainstream society or American agricultural communities. The lack of representation has continually inspired her to explore her multi-faceted heritage through the work she pursues. When Leslie had her children, she knew that food would be their main connection to their Korean Chinese-Taiwanese heritage. Radical Family Farms is the culmination of a 20-year dream to farm and just another step in the lifelong exploration of self.

Radical Family Farms grows using agroecological, regenerative, no-spray, chemical-free and low-till methods. They purchase seeds that are non-GMO, certified organic when available, and they save certain seed varieties each season to allow adaptation to their farming system. 

Photo Credits: Header & Footer - Kelsey Joy Photography // Family Portrait - Paige Green Photography // Additional Photos - Radical Family Farms