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Nature's Touch Nursery & Harvest

You have to grow your food first, we can help you do it for yourself as well as help fill in with Food that is good for our local economy, environment & community.

One person can not do what a community can do together.   

Honest & Ethical California Grown Seasonal Food provider & specialty plant Nursery.

Biodynamic & Organic, Clean, Honest & Transparent

  • Humanely Raised Meats. Ranged from Birth to Harvest. As Nature Intended.

  • We raise our own animals and processed them in a USDA-inspected local meat processor under our label Nature's Meat. They are never fed GMOs, soy, corn, or wheat.
Seasonal Cuts, box specials & other meats specials

  • Container to Acre, Melanie can help guide you with your own growing needs. From A to Z of food translation. BUY, EAT, LIVE LOCALLY .

  • MAKE YOUR CONSULTING APPOINTMENT WITH MELANIE AT 805-712-3478

  • Real Local Raw Honey & Use Value Added Bee Products. Nothing is ever wasted.

  • We are wild about pollinators, especially honeybees! Our beeyard is located in West Templeton at Nature's Farm. We farm over 7 acres of orchards, animals, plant nursery stock and row cropping. Plus, we can guarantee over 7 miles of perimeter land that is all wild oak woodlands, native shrubs, and annuals. There are even two hives at the store in Downtown Templeton. We harvest, extract, and bottle the honey several times a year. Every harvest is unique and wonderful. We invite you to come and try it! We sell out every year, so act quickly!

  • Woman-Owned Small Business

  • Melanie is a 4th generation Californian, born and raised on the Central Coast. Along with family they run Nature's Farm (West Templeton) Nature's Meats, the nursery, the store, and Nature's Food - Seasonal Farmed Eatery (commercial kitchen). Nature's Touch has been a part of Templeton for over 24 years. Melanie started the farm store as an option for locals and visitors who wanted more of what her farm and community could offer. To help bring California Farmers and Californians closer. She lives by the motto: "You can not get it any fresher than harvesting and eating from the soil you stand on". To know your soil is to know how safe, clean and honest it truly is." "Know the hands the that touch your food", "Live with in your own community".

  • Nature's Neighbor- Growing From Our Roots Show

  • Listen to our show on Spotify, Google Podcast, RadioPublic and YouTube. Check out all our past shows here or you can find us on all popular podcast platforms.A show where we talk everything about Food, Farming, Family and Home. Home is always the Central Coast Of California. Always, using methods and practices to mimic nature as close as possible. Hoping to stimulate the conversation of how we eat our politics. With the biggest political act we do everyday is what we put on our plate. To always remember, we stand for is what we stand on. BUY, EAT, LIVE LOCAL. EVERYDAY.
https://anchor.fm/natures-neighbor

Humanely Raised Meats. Ranged from Birth to Harvest. As Nature Intended.

We raise our own animals and processed them in a USDA-inspected local meat processor under our label Nature's Meat. They are never fed GMOs, soy, corn, or wheat. Seasonal Cuts, box specials & other meats specials

Container to Acre, Melanie can help guide you with your own growing needs. From A to Z of food translation. BUY, EAT, LIVE LOCALLY .

MAKE YOUR CONSULTING APPOINTMENT WITH MELANIE AT 805-712-3478

Real Local Raw Honey & Use Value Added Bee Products. Nothing is ever wasted.

We are wild about pollinators, especially honeybees! Our beeyard is located in West Templeton at Nature's Farm. We farm over 7 acres of orchards, animals, plant nursery stock and row cropping. Plus, we can guarantee over 7 miles of perimeter land that is all wild oak woodlands, native shrubs, and annuals. There are even two hives at the store in Downtown Templeton. We harvest, extract, and bottle the honey several times a year. Every harvest is unique and wonderful. We invite you to come and try it! We sell out every year, so act quickly!

Woman-Owned Small Business

Melanie is a 4th generation Californian, born and raised on the Central Coast. Along with family they run Nature's Farm (West Templeton) Nature's Meats, the nursery, the store, and Nature's Food - Seasonal Farmed Eatery (commercial kitchen). Nature's Touch has been a part of Templeton for over 24 years. Melanie started the farm store as an option for locals and visitors who wanted more of what her farm and community could offer. To help bring California Farmers and Californians closer. She lives by the motto: "You can not get it any fresher than harvesting and eating from the soil you stand on". To know your soil is to know how safe, clean and honest it truly is." "Know the hands the that touch your food", "Live with in your own community".

Nature's Neighbor- Growing From Our Roots Show

Listen to our show on Spotify, Google Podcast, RadioPublic and YouTube. Check out all our past shows here or you can find us on all popular podcast platforms.A show where we talk everything about Food, Farming, Family and Home. Home is always the Central Coast Of California. Always, using methods and practices to mimic nature as close as possible. Hoping to stimulate the conversation of how we eat our politics. With the biggest political act we do everyday is what we put on our plate. To always remember, we stand for is what we stand on. BUY, EAT, LIVE LOCAL. EVERYDAY. https://anchor.fm/natures-neighbor

Melanie Blankenship joining Creston Valley Meats.

What we are building is more than just a meat company. We are helping preserve local food systems, supporting small agriculture, and making it easier for consumers to know where their food comes from. Every order helps support independent agriculture, local jobs, humane animal stewardship, and a stronger food supply chain closer to home.

We offer weekly California delivery routes, local pickup options, and an expanding variety of products for both people and pets. Whether you are looking for quality meats for your family, nutrient-dense raw pet food, or hard-to-find specialty products, we are continuing to grow and evolve to meet the needs of our communities.

Order online today and explore everything we currently have available:
Creston Valley Meats Online Store

Pickup and delivery information, product categories, and weekly updates can all be found directly on the website.

Thank you for supporting local agriculture and helping keep independent food systems alive

From Seed to Table and Everything in between.

Do you want to grow your own? Feed yourself and or start a small farm business? With my 25 years plus experiance, I am here to help translate the language of soil, gardening/farming, resourcing, methods, harvesting, the legality of the business in which you desire to do, and carry on the web of food producing in our commuinty.

Contact Melanie @ 805-712-3478 set up an appointment to have her come out and consult your garden/ farm or farm business ideas.

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Store / Farmstand

The Store / Farmstand will Permanently close on 6/15/26. Stay tune for new location pop ups, pick ups and drop offs.

Monday - closed

Tuesday 10am -5:30pm.

Wednesday - 1 -5:00

Thursday Closed

Friday 10am -5:30pm

Saturday 10am - 12 pm

Sunday Closed

Crestonvalleymeats.com order pick ups Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 10am-5:30pm

Online Order Pick Up Only. M-Sat After 12pm-6:30

Please Call or text 805-712-3478 to schedule your pick-up.

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