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 […]
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 […]
Friend’s Ranches Inc.
Our family has been growing citrus in the Ojai Valley for over 125 years! We currently attend three farmers’ markets in Southern California year-round as well as selling directly from our packinghouse and running a seasonal mail order business. We also sell our tangerines to wholesalers throughout California including being one of the main wholesale […]
Moon + Oaks Farm
At Moon + Oaks Farm, we are committed to cultivating a lush, biodiverse landscape where humans participate as stewards within the ecosystem-woven into it, not apart from it. Inspired by the Chumash name for Ojai, which is derived from the Ventureño Chumash word ʼawhaý, meaning “moon” and oaks, which are keystone species in the Ojai […]
Hummingbird Agrotek, LLC / The Agave Farm
We responsibly practice sustainable agriculture by implementing agroecological practices such as, maximizing crop diversification, organic fertilization, water and invertebrate conservation. We enhance carbon uptake by minimizing soil disturbance, maximizing biodiversity in the soil, cover cropping or mulching, applying compost yearly, and practicing agroforestry in our agave plantations. We are passionate about conserving and propagating our […]
Twin Peaks Orchards
Once known as the Fruit Basket of America, Placer County sits at the foothills of the Sierras where warm summer days and cool nights make for the perfect growing climate for many agricultural crops. Rolling hills provide natural drainage and offer microclimates, extending our growing season of favorite fruit varieties. These natural characteristics make for […]
Traceland
Traceland is a small family farm on the central coast of California.We have been growing certified organic avocados since 2005. As a family of landscapers and naturalists, the farm is at the nexus of art, agriculture and ecological restoration. Our food systems are based on agro-ecological production and keyline water management. We have seen satisfactory […]