Paul Muller

Paul Muller and partner Dru Rivers have farmed organically with their 4 children in the Capay Valley for the past 41 years. They are joined on the farm by partners Judith Redmond (retired), Andrew Brait, children, Amon, Rye and Hannah, Jenna Clemens Muller and some 80 full time employees.

 Over this time, Full Belly has strived to evolve a farm system that would serve as a healthy alternative to most current farm models.  As partners in Full Belly Farm, a 450-acre diversified organic farm, they have helped create a farm focused on local/regional marketing; diverse cropping patterns; ecological health and diversity; Soil building; Carbon sequestration through cover crop management; innovative market strategies; growing new farmers through internships and new farm enterprises; farmworker equity and fostering vibrancy and beauty. 

Each year, the farm produces some 80 different crops including fruits, flowers, grains, nuts, and vegetables, and has integrated chickens, cattle and a 250 sheep herd into the farm system.

Paul, Dru and Partners share a love for creating beautiful, productive, and healthy farms– and for the ongoing evolution of farmers and farm design towards ecologically stable, biologically vibrant and economically viable enterprises.  Their Farm is the home of 35 years of raucous celebration of rural living at their annual Hoes Down Harvest Festival.

Full Belly is extremely well known in the California organic scene. These organic pioneers have consistently embraced that community involvement and organizing are an integral part of being organic farmers. Paul has served on the Executive Board of the Real Organic Project since our creation. Dru serves on the board of the Ecological Farming Association. You can find interviews with both of them on the Real Organic Podcast.