About L.A. FARM GIRL
I’m an artist, cook, explorer, photographer, healer, native Angeleno, and proud nerd.
L.A. FARM GIRL wasn’t planned. It was born out of loss and built on love.
After losing my son Alex, creativity became my way forward. What started with a batch of jam turned into something much bigger, a lifeline, a purpose, and a way to keep his spirit close.
Every jar and every recipe carries the weight of that journey, the grief, the healing, and the moments where I found my way back to myself.
L.A. FARM GIRL is a blend of my family’s Texas roots, my California soul, and the bold flavors and stories that tie it all together. A little country, a little rock ’n’ roll, and always real.
This work is deeply personal. It comes from the people who raised me, the land that shaped me, and the legacy I carry.
And that legacy begins long before I was born.
Glad you’re here.
Terri
My Legacy
My story doesn’t start with me. It is rooted in the hands, hearts, and hard work of my ancestors. Some of my ancestors were born into enslavement. Some later built farms, businesses, and community spaces after freedom. All of them carried the weight of that history as they worked the land and shaped the generations that followed.
From enslaved beginnings on the Buena Vista Plantation in Victoria County, Texas, to the generations who farmed, trapped fur, cut wood, and eventually ran one of the first Black-owned general stores in South Texas, my family made something out of nothing. They built a legacy of resilience, creativity, and perseverance.
They passed down more than land. They passed down values, recipes, resourcefulness, and a belief that you take pride in what you create with your own hands.
Those recipes, those lessons, and that spirit live on in L.A. FARM GIRL today. Every jar, every batch, every product carries a piece of that legacy and proof that even through hardship, creativity and community can thrive.
This is more than food. It is family history, reimagined and shared with you.
Why I Do This Work
L.A. FARM GIRL is more than a business for me. It is the place where my past, my purpose, and my healing come together. My life has been shaped by loss, including the passing of my son Alex and the heartbreaking deaths of both my brothers. Those experiences taught me how fragile we are, how deeply we need one another, and how healing it can be to gather around food, care, and community.
Losing my son Alex reshaped my life, and finding my way forward meant creating something that could hold both the grief and the love.
Making food became a way to reconnect with him, to reconnect with myself, and to honor the people who came before me.
As I learned more about my family’s history, I understood that feeding people, caring for community, and creating with my hands were not new paths. They were inherited ones. My ancestors built, cooked, farmed, traded, and shared what they had because it was how they survived and how they cared for each other. I am simply continuing that work in my own way.
This is why I do what I do.
Food is connection.
Food is memory.
Food is healing.
Food is community.
L.A. FARM GIRL is my way of tending to those values.
And moving forward, I am developing a project called Community Table, a future space where food, storytelling, and community can meet. It will grow from the same values that shaped me, a place rooted in generosity, belonging, and the belief that people thrive when they are welcomed and fed.
This is my purpose.
This is my offering.
This is how I honor my son, my ancestors, and the legacy they left in my hands.