Name: John Belfy dies after a career in Santa Barbara County vineyards, 2023
Start: 2023-09-12
End: 2023-09-12
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2023-09-12
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathagriculturemigrationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

John Belfy of Buona Terra Farming died on September 12, 2023, at age 72, according to a vineyard profile relayed on the Beaver Island Forum. The notice also records a community connection: he spent summers on Beaver Island as a teenager in the 1960s.

Evidence limits

This is a forum relay of an external vineyard profile, with an additional Beaver Island connection supplied in the post. The held topic does not provide an independent obituary or verify the seasonal-island detail.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum discussion, “John Belfy RIP,” September 20, 2023.
A community post relays a Santa Barbara County vineyard profile reporting John Belfy’s September 12 death at age 72, his founding of Buona Terra Farming, and a career planting and managing wine grapes. The post adds that he spent summers on Beaver Island as a teenager in the 1960s; the held topic does not independently document that seasonal connection.
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Beaver Island Archive, “John Belfy dies after a career in Santa Barbara County vineyards, 2023”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-john-belfy-death-2023/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum discussion, “John Belfy RIP,” September 20, 2023..

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