Phil Foster — Hedgerows at Foster Ranch
Profile of hedgerow/insectary plantings for biodiversity and pest control, plus carbon-sequestration benefits; includes an embedded video featuring Dr. Tara Pisani Gareau (Boston College).
Exploring Our Local Watershed: The Cache Creek Nature Preserve
A feature column from the Davis Enterprise (published October 8, 2024) by Yolo County Master Gardener Lorie Hammond, informed by a conversation with Jim Barrett, Board Chair of the Cache Creek Conservancy (CCC). The article provides an accessible introduction to Cache Creek’s watershed, history, and ecology — tracing the creek from Clear Lake through the […]
The Maples Farm Carbon Farm Plan
A publicly available Carbon Farm Plan (CFP) for The Maples Farm — the 30-acre headquarters of the Center for Land-Based Learning (CLBL) in Woodland, CA, developed in partnership with the Yolo Resource Conservation District and the Carbon Cycle Institute, completed June 2024. Described as an “aspirational, living document,” the plan evaluates all possible practices to […]
Nuss Farms: Family Values
A long-form feature article from The Rooted Journal profiling Nuss Farms and the multigenerational story behind its regenerative transition. Covers five generations of family farming history near Lodi; the asparagus boom and NAFTA-driven collapse; Dave Nuss’s openness to innovation; Tim and Tyler’s return to the farm via The Modern Acre podcast; the 2019 start of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pleasant Grove Farms
We are a family farm dedicated to growing great tasting, certified organic regenerative rice, popcorn, corn, wheat, triticale, and beans, while conserving our resources and restoring riparian wildlife habitat for birds, pollinators, and Monarch butterflies. We also have a grain mill which allows us to clean the crops from our fields and prepare it for […]
Healthy Soils: Restoring Water on Working Lands Event
