There’s something innovative brewing in Ventura County, thanks to the efforts of a Goleta-based coffee grower.

Nearly nine years ago, Jay Ruskey, a subtropical fruit grower whose primary crops are cherimoyas, caviar limes and other citrus, planted coffee trees at his farm Good Land Organics. Located in the coastal foothills of Santa Barbara County, Good Land Organics is far from the “Bean Belt” usually considered optimum for coffee growing: within 20° latitude of the equator.