Protection of Shasta County Ranch Provides Agricultural, Educational, Wildlife, and Climate Resiliency Benefits
A California Climate Investments project profile on Ross Ranch, detailing how a ~$5.6 million SALC grant awarded to Shasta Land Trust in 2018 permanently protected the 854-acre working ranch from urban development. Highlights the conservation easement’s multiple co-benefits: agricultural use by cattle ranchers and beekeepers, carbon sequestration demonstration work with Point Blue Conservation Science, prescribed […]
Rangeland Monitoring Network: A Decade of Shared Stewardship and Monitoring on California’s Rangelands
An interactive ArcGIS StoryMap documenting ten years of Point Blue Conservation Science’s Rangeland Monitoring Network (RMN), a collaborative program tracking birds, plants, and soils across 145 ranches in 28 California counties since 2014. Presents findings on how a warming, drying climate is affecting soil carbon in rangelands, and outlines next steps for understanding how management […]
Ross Ranch — Shasta Land Trust
An overview page from Shasta Land Trust describing the conservation of Ross Ranch, an 860-acre working ranch in Redding protected through a Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) Program easement. Covers the ranch’s mixed landscape of oak woodlands, wetlands, and riparian corridors; its use by Prather Ranch cattle and a local beekeeper; its Carbon Farm Plan […]
Interview with Molly Taylor on Cover Crops
A blog interview with PT Ranch manager Molly Taylor covering the ranch’s adoption of cover crops starting in 2020, including the specific species used (turnips, clovers, collard greens, oats, rye), their no-till approach, integration with cattle grazing, benefits to soil health and drought resilience, and how California’s Healthy Soils Incentive Program and carbon credit markets […]
Diversified Drought-Tolerant Silvopasture in Oak Savanna Rangeland: PT Ranch Producer Case Study
A producer case study profiling PT Ranch in Ione, CA, documenting how ranch manager Molly Taylor implemented four silvopasture systems — a fruit orchard, pig fodder bank, olive orchard, and irrigated pasture hedgerows — to restore native oak savanna, sequester carbon, and diversify farm income through integrated tree-livestock systems.
From Pilots to Big Bold Visions: Rapid Scaling of Carbon Farming in Santa Barbara County
A panel presentation slide deck from August 2017 prepared for the Central Coast Climate Collaborative, featuring Russell Chamberlin (Ted Chamberlin Ranch), Anna Olsen (Cachuma Resource Conservation District), Emily Miller (Community Environmental Council), Sharyn Main (Santa Barbara Foundation), and Aeron Arlin Genet (Santa Barbara County APCD). The presentation covers the science of carbon farming, results from […]
The Amazing Ability of Pasture Grass to Sequester Carbon: Carbon Ranching at the Ted Chamberlin Ranch
A Santa Barbara Independent cover story by Jean Yamamura examining carbon ranching at the Ted Chamberlin Ranch, where a 60-acre CDFA Healthy Soils Initiative demonstration project uses compost application to increase topsoil, enhance soil microbiology, boost forage production, improve water retention, and sequester carbon in deep grass roots — with results showing a 16% increase […]
Jalama Canyon Ranch
At Jalama Canyon Ranch, our farming philosophy is rooted in the belief that ecological health, agricultural productivity, and community resilience are interdependent. We steward this 1,000-acre landscape—situated just eight miles from Point Conception, at the crest of the Santa Ynez watershed and bordering the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve—as a living laboratory dedicated to the […]
MacRostie- Thale’s Vineyard
MacRostie is committed to using sustainable management practices on all their ranches, including at Thale’s Vineyard near Healdsburg. MacRostie has been implementing sustainable practices for several years, to best care for their land and resources, and to produce high quality grapes for their wine. MacRostie is certified sustainable by the California Sustainable Winegrowers Alliance. They […]
Full Belly Farm
Full Belly Farm is a certified organic farm located in the beautiful Capay Valley of northern California. We are committed to fostering sustainability on all levels, from fertility in our soil and care for the environment, to stable employment for our farm workers. We strive to be good stewards of this farm, so that this […]