Press

SF Gate

“You can still get fresh produce from these local farms during shelter in place”

March 19, 2020 by Susana Guerrero

“When shelter-in-place orders were mandated on Monday for six Bay Area counties, things seemed uncertain for Dirty Girl Produce, a family-owned farm that sells its products in farmers markets around San Francisco, Berkeley and Santa Cruz.”

SF Gate

“New 'Girl' is a Monsanto-free tomato”

November 24, 2014 by Tara Duggan

“Forget about heirloom tomatoes. With planting season just weeks away, it's the 'Early Girl' that's getting all the attention.”

Cuesa

“The Great Tomato Debate”

July 25, 2014, by Brie Mazurek

“With their rainbow colors and odd shapes and sizes, the appeal of heirloom tomatoes is undeniable. But more than just a pretty face, these darlings of the summer farmers market also represent diversity and freedom in our food supply.”

Takepart

“How One Farmer Is Making a Monsanto Hybrid His Own”

March 11, 2014, by Willy Blackmore

“Joe Schirmer is breeding an open-pollinated version of the company's Early Girl tomato.”

Santa Cruz Weekly

"Totally Tumescent Tomatoes"

September 26, 2012 by Christina Waters:

"Dirty Girl rocks the farmers markets with dry farmed tomatoes of exquiste depth and multilayered sweetness and, well, these are what tomatoes were intended to be from the very start."

Sunset Magazine

"Hot Tomato"

August 2012 by Johanna Silver:

"Joe Schirmer, who perfected dry-farming the Early Girl, has been growing tomatoes near Santa Cruz since 1997."

Men's Journal

“The Farm Team” October

2011 by James Nestor:

“Eighteen years on, [Joe Schirmer] runs 39 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains, producing seasonal vegetables along with the best tomatoes you will ever taste. Ever.”

Huffington Post

“Alice Waters: Her Next Project”

August 24, 2011 Interview with Alice Waters by Robin Wilkey:

“We love Dirty Girl Produce; they’re great pals. They keep reinventing the culture of agriculture.”

Eucalyptus Magazine

“Dirty Girl Produce”

July and August 2011 by Julie McCoy:

“Schirmer’s strawberries are served at restaurants throughout the Bay Area and Santa Cruz, including Manresa in Los Gatos and Chez Panisse in Berkeley.”

Sunset Magazine

“What Food Changed Your Life?”

July 2011 Interview with Pim Techamuanvivit by Margo True and Sophie Egan:

“I first tasted [early-girl dry farmed tomatoes] at a San Francisco farmers market in 2005 and it blew my mind. I decided to go visit the farm, Dirty Girl Produce, then in Santa Cruz. It was like entering another world.”

Metro Santa Cruz

“Natural Attitude”

March 19, 2008 by Christina Waters:

“When he’s not growing some of the most sought-after produce on the Central Coast, Joe Schirmer’s riding waves.”

New York Times Magazine

“The Originals: Surfing Foodies”

Spring 2005:

“Surfing is all about the seasons and the weather,” Schirmer says. “David [Kinch]’s constantly changing his menu based on what’s seasonal. In July it’s hot and you’re eating tomatoes, and you’re long-boarding down at Manresa beach. In winter there are gnarlier waves, wetsuits, leeks, turnips and radicchio.”