Ted Chamberlin Ranch: Regenerative Rangeland Management and Carbon Farming in the Santa Ynez Valley
A Kiss the Ground farmer feature profiling Russell Chamberlin and the Ted Chamberlin Ranch, describing the family’s transition to planned/holistic grazing and compost application through California’s Healthy Soils Program, the resulting improvements in rangeland health, biodiversity, soil water-holding capacity, and carbon sequestration, and the ranch’s participation in NRCS programs (CSP and EQIP) and educational workshops […]
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 […]
Improving Economics through Sustainability Field Day at Braga Barn
Rancher to Rancher – Carrizo Ranch
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 […]
Ventura Regional Gathering: Small Farm Conference 2025
Santa Cruz Permaculture
As of April 2022 we are stewards of a beautiful 26-acre farm, which lies on the unceded territory of the Quiroste people, near Davenport, CA. The land has been managed organically for the past 30 years and now we are transitioning to a regenerative, organic, no-till, mixed vegetable, flower, fruit, herb, and agroforestry farm with […]