The Journal

Good Land Organics – Geisha – FRINJ Coffee

Good Land Organics – Geisha – FRINJ Coffee

California grown coffee. Didn’t know that was a thing, did you? It wasn’t until fairly recently when Good Land Organics, home of FRINJ Coffee, became the first commercial coffee farm in the mainland United States. In addition to passion fruit,...
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Meet Jay Ruskey | Co-Founder and CEO of FRINJ Coffee

Meet Jay Ruskey | Co-Founder and CEO of FRINJ Coffee

We had the good fortune of connecting with Jay Ruskey and we’ve shared our conversation below.Hi Jay, what was your thought process behind starting your own business? When I was a teenager I worked a lot of jobs, one of...
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Summer Farm Tours at Frinj Coffee in Goleta

Summer Farm Tours at Frinj Coffee in Goleta

Jay Ruskey Shows Off Eclectic Property, Pours Top-Shelf Coffee for Guests About 20 years ago, Jay Ruskey planted a coffee tree at his Good Land Organics avocado ranch on the western edge of Goleta, where the foothills glide into the...
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From avocados to coffee beans: One California farmer makes the shift

From avocados to coffee beans: One California farmer makes the shift

Ambitious growers from San Diego to Santa Barbara are putting in coffee plants — and some think beans might be the next big thing for the region. Jay Ruskey, owner of Good Land Organics, is credited as one of the first...
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FRINJ Theory: Goleta-based coffee company expands

FRINJ Theory: Goleta-based coffee company expands

California may seem like an odd place to grow coffee. But it once was weird to make wine here, and if Jay Ruskey gets his way, coastal Southern California may become coffee country too. His company, Frinj Coffee, is closer...
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Out and About: Mraz Family Farms

Out and About: Mraz Family Farms

For Grammy-winning singer Jason Mraz, coffee is in fact "The Remedy." When you think of Temecula you think of wine, right? Of course in San Diego we've got our craft beer, but up in the North County, there's something else...
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Musician, O’side farmer Jason Mraz elevates SoCal coffee

Musician, O’side farmer Jason Mraz elevates SoCal coffee

Grammy Award-winning musician Jason Mraz’s passion for coffee first bloomed during his early days playing music in San Diego coffee shops.  So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the 43-year-old Oceanside artist in recent years has added a new...
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Rancho Delfino

Rancho Delfino

Rancho Delfino / Santa Barbara
Let's Get Technical Farm: Rancho Delfino Farmer/Farm Manager: Mike & Baba Masino / Angel Serrano Orchard Plant Date: October 2015 Tree Count: 400 Varietal: Geisha, Puerto Rico, Caturra Harvest Season: June - October Layout: Interplanted with Hass Avocados First Harvest: June 2019 First Roast: March 2020   Above sandy...
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First coffee farms in continental U.S. taking root in San Diego

First coffee farms in continental U.S. taking root in San Diego

Ever wonder what Southern California would taste like in a coffee cup? Fifty local java-lovers were the first locals to find out this past weekend in private “cupping” sessions of the first-ever locally-grown coffee at Bird Rock Coffee Roasters in Mission...
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