When the Maple View Farm and Milk Company announced in 2021 that it was shutting down, many people mourned not being able to get fresh dairy products from the rural Orange County business. The former Maple View land is now Union Grove Farm, a major investment from a local venture capitalist who has a grand vision for the area. Union Grove Farm majority owner Greg Bohlen says his farm approaches things differently than many others. Bohlen, who is known for running Union Grove Venture Partners and for having early investments in businesses like Beyond Meat and Poshmark, is a fifth-generation farmer. But he’s taking an approach he says is more sustainable, environmentally friendly, and – frankly – palatable than traditional methods. “We are the first certified regenerative table grape farm in the United States,” says Bohlen, “which we are proud of. We don’t use any of the ‘cides’: no pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, or fungicides.” As its name suggests, regenerative farming aims t...