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 […]
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. […]
The Art and Science of a Prescribed Burn: Firefighters and Ranchers Team Up at the Chamberlin Ranch
A Santa Barbara Independent article by Tyler Hayden reporting on a two-day, 80-acre prescribed burn conducted at the Ted Chamberlin Ranch in May 2021, in which Santa Barbara County Fire Department trained firefighters from 13 California agencies in wildland containment techniques while simultaneously reducing dangerous fuel loads on the property. The article covers the dual […]
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 […]
Rancher to Rancher – Carrizo Ranch
Healthy Soils Field Day
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 […]
Resilient Rangelands: Stewarding Grassland Ecosystems for the Future
Ferrington Vineyard
Ferrington Vineyard is located on 167 acres in the Anderson Valley, in Boonville, CA. The property is a little more than half valley floor. Steep, oak-grassland hills comprise 63 acres of the property and host a herd of 40 ewe sheep. About 76 acres of the property are planted to vineyards.