Jared's Real Food

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Jared's Real Food in Lakeside is a regenerative, no-till farm established in 2011 on Moreno Avenue, growing heirloom and specialty vegetable, fruit, and herb varieties using holistic soil-management practices. The farm's CSA subscription model and Saturday drive-thru stand mirror the direct-to-consumer agricultural approach that Oma's Family Farm runs on El Monte Road, reinforcing East County San Diego's farm-stand culture. Weekly CSA boxes rotate through carrots, baby salad mix, head lettuce, kale, chard, radishes, and seasonal citrus including oranges, tangerines, and lemons harvested the same morning. The farm also sources complementary products from regional producers — Chino Valley organic eggs, Cahuilla Mountain Ranch beef sausage, and naturally leavened sourdough — building out a curated market basket sold alongside the farm's own harvest at the same drive-thru window where CroBean Cafe & Bakery sources Alpine Blvd's artisan baking tradition. Cover-crop rotations, compost tea applications, and zero-tillage bed preparation define a regenerative protocol that builds soil organic matter above the 3% threshold typical of conventional San Diego County farmland.