The Ranch
Encompassing over 200 acres of varied landscape, the ranch includes rolling pasture, miles of forest trails, idyllic streamside meadows, and grand redwood groves. The diversity of terrain is suited to a wide range of agricultural and recreational activities. (Click on any of the pictures to see a larger view).

The Owners
We both come from farming backgrounds, but have pursued professional scientific careers in the city prior to settling down on the ranch. We therefore understand ranching, food production and conservation from the perspectives of both farmers and city dwellers. We are concerned about the inhumane and environmentally destructive animal raising practices in modern commercial farming, and wish to produce food in an animal- and habitat- friendly manner.  We are also concerned that our society, as we become more urban, is increasingly cut off from practical contact with farming, the food chain and nature outside the artificial context of occasional park visits (which are declining in number). Consequently, farmers and ranchers are often adversely impacted by well-meaning but impractical policies made by city dwellers with no real understanding of nature, animals or farming. We would like to help bridge these gaps in understanding between producers, land owners, conservationists and urban consumers.

The Community
We live in Somoma County, California, home to some of the best educated consumers in the world, who increasingly value high quality fresh local food produced in a humane and sustainable manner, rather than simply seeking the lowest prices (corresponding to feed lots and cage raised, antibiotic stuffed poultry). With food costs at an all-time low as a proportion of family income, more people are realizing that price is not everything; "You are what you eat!!" Our community is also interested in preserving the rural areas of the county, and we aim to promote informed, flexible and positive policies to help make conservation economic and practical.