Photos: Gnarly Carrot
Farmer Hansel Kern, 60, stands in the Gnarly Carrot, the organic store he operates in North Fork, Calif.
(Tomas Ovalle / For The Times)Organic produce for sale at the Gnarly Carrot.
(Tomas Ovalle / For The Times)Zev Grifalconi Mandel, 9, and Allie Grifalconi Mandel, 12, play around in the North Fork School Garden next to North Fork Elementary.
(Tomas Ovalle / For The Times)Allie Grifalconi Mandel picks some greens in the garden adjacent to North Fork Elementary School.
(Tomas Ovalle / For The Times)Paul Bouchard jokes around at the Buckhorn Bar in North Fork.
(Tomas Ovalle / For The Times)North Fork is a small Sierra foothills town with an interesting community of characters.
(Tomas Ovalle / For The Times)