Bodega, CA
About Us - John & Lesley Brabyn
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he Ranch
Us - John & Lesley Brabyn
We both come from f
arming
backgrounds: John spent a good portion of his youth on a dairy
farm in New
Zealand while Lesley
shares ownership in a 126 acre ranch in Ventura
County that has been in her family since
1886. However, we have both have pursued professional careers
in the non profit sector prior to our return to toiling in the
field. We are all deeply concerned about environmentally
destructive practices in modern agribusiness and hope we can
do our bit to counteract this by producing food in an animal
and habitat friendly manner. We are also concerned about
the disconnect in our society between field and table and how
producers are increasingly adversely impacted by well-meaning
but impractical policies made by city dwellers with no real
understanding of nature, animals or ranching. We hope, by
providing an accessible work in progress, to help bridge some
of these gaps between producers, land owners, conservationists
and urban consumers.
The Community
We are members of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau, California Certified Organic Farmers, the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market, American Kiko Goat Association and the Anatolian Shepherd Dog Club of America.
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For more information about Salmon Creek Ranch, contact us at: info@salmoncreekranch.com
last updated: 12/1/21
he RanchSalmon
Creek
Ranch is
situated between the villages of Bodega
and Bodega Bay on
the glorious Sonoma coast, about 80 minutes north of San
Francisco. It is bordered
on the south by Bay Hill Rd. and by Salmon Creek Rd. on
the north, and has almost 400 acres of rolling hills,
natural pasture, steeper ravines, redwood groves and forest.
Over a mile and a half of Salmon
Creek, a designated riparian habitat, meanders
within its northern end. Tucked among similar
sized parcels on an isolated stretch of the coast, it was
originally part of a 580 acre thriving dairy
operation until the 1980's. Subsequent owners
leased
its pastures to local ranchers and it
was used for non-intensive grazing up until
the time we purchased the land in August of
2007. Since then, we have obtained organic certification for
its pastures through the California
Certified Organic Farmers and are raising Scottish
Highland and Angus cattle for 100% grass-fed/grass finished
beef, Kiko
goats for meat and breeding stock, certified
organic duck
eggs and the occasional flock of
ducks and geese for meat.
its pastures to local ranchers and it
was used for non-intensive grazing up until
the time we purchased the land in August of
2007. Since then, we have obtained organic certification for
its pastures through the California
Certified Organic Farmers and are raising Scottish
Highland and Angus cattle for 100% grass-fed/grass finished
beef, Kiko
goats for meat and breeding stock, certified
organic duck
eggs and the occasional flock of
ducks and geese for meat. Us - John & Lesley Brabyn
We both come from f
arming
backgrounds: John spent a good portion of his youth on a dairy
farm in New
Zealand while Lesley
shares ownership in a 126 acre ranch in Ventura
County that has been in her family since
1886. However, we have both have pursued professional careers
in the non profit sector prior to our return to toiling in the
field. We are all deeply concerned about environmentally
destructive practices in modern agribusiness and hope we can
do our bit to counteract this by producing food in an animal
and habitat friendly manner. We are also concerned about
the disconnect in our society between field and table and how
producers are increasingly adversely impacted by well-meaning
but impractical policies made by city dwellers with no real
understanding of nature, animals or ranching. We hope, by
providing an accessible work in progress, to help bridge some
of these gaps between producers, land owners, conservationists
and urban consumers.The Community
We are members of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau, California Certified Organic Farmers, the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market, American Kiko Goat Association and the Anatolian Shepherd Dog Club of America.
Back to Home Page
For more information about Salmon Creek Ranch, contact us at: info@salmoncreekranch.com
last updated: 12/1/21