Jon Hammond

Farmer, Tehachapi Grain Project

Jon Hammond grew up on the small organic farm his family started in 1921 in the Tehachapi Mountains, raising pigs, sheep, chickens and rabbits and cultivating vegetables and fruit. He continues to use vintage farm equipment and is focused on growing drought-resistant crops like small cereal grains with a holistic approach to animal husbandry and soil health. He is also a writer and photographer, and a fluent speaker and teacher of Nüwa, an American Indian language of the Tehachapi region.