Production System: Livestock

Table Bluff Farm – Kiss the Ground Farmland Transition Program Feature

A Kiss the Ground farmer feature article profiling Hannah Eisloeffel and her partner Nic, founders of Table Bluff Farm — a 2-acre, first-generation, woman-owned regenerative microfarm in Loleta, Humboldt County. Covers the farm’s origin story (a compacted, overgrown horse pasture converted starting in 2017 through three NRCS/CDFA grants: EQIP, SWEEP, and Healthy Soils Program), their […]

Duvarita Vineyard – Kiss the Ground Farmer Feature

A Kiss the Ground farmer feature article (published May 27, 2022) profiling Brook Williams, owner of Duvarita Vineyard in Lompoc, CA. Covers Williams’ background as a 30-year winery professional who transitioned to vineyard ownership in 2012, his adoption of biodynamic practices beginning in 2014 (certified biodynamic 2017), and how his participation in Kiss the Ground’s […]

CDFA Healthy Soils Program Demonstration Project – Chorro Creek Ranch

A project page from the Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District (CSLRCD) describing a CDFA Healthy Soils Program Demonstration trial launched in 2020 at Cal Poly’s Chorro Creek Ranch. The project, conducted in partnership with Cal Poly State University, is a replicated field trial testing four combinations of compost application and tillage intensity (conventional vs. […]

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 […]

5 with a Farmer: Molly Taylor of PT Ranch

A short-form video in Kiss the Ground’s “5 with a Farmer” series, featuring five rapid-fire questions with PT Ranch manager Molly Taylor about regenerative farming, her philosophy on soil health, and what she hopes future generations understand about working with nature rather than against it.