By Ranchers,
For Ranchers

Duskie Estes, BAR-C Director, is co-owner of Black Pig Meat Co. with her husband John Stewart. Well know nationally as a celebrity chef, Duskie’s real passion lies in making sure that chefs have access to local, sustainably raised animals. You can find Black Pig Bacon online and at many retail locations.

Website: Black Pig Meat Co.

Eat it, Make it, Grow it at Hidden Pond Farm in Fulton, CA originated when Chef & Farmer Jack Herron combined his two passions into one, to bring farming and cooking full circle.  The farm focus is centralized on soil heath in relation to pasture rotated heritage breed swine, chickens, goats and diversified crops and single origin spices, as well as many other home essentials and general use goods.

Website: Eat it Make it Grow it

Farmer Joy collects eggs from ducks and chickens that enjoy the pastured life on her family's 6th generation farm in West Marin County's Chileno Valley. What started as twelve chicken hens to lay eggs for the family table has grown over the past 5 years to 1000 laying hens and 80 duck hens. The farm pastures have been certified organic by a neighboring dairy family who rents some of the land. She sells a large variety of meats and farm fresh goods on her website.

Website: Farmer Joy

Fox Sparrow Farm  is a small, grass based farm located in the rolling pastureland just north of Petaluma specializing in heritage breed duck eggs, pastured pork, and 100% grass fed lamb. Their goal is to raise healthy animals ethically, without the use of chemicals, confinement, and in a way that benefits the natural ecology of the land. Fox Sparrow Farm is owned and operated by Erin Roscoe and Brennan Murphy.

Anna Erickson is the proprietor of Hands Full Farm that has been in her family since 1897 when it was purchased by her great-great grandfather. Their ranch is located in beautiful Valley Ford, CA and produces chickens, turkeys, eggs, beef and lamb raised on pasture the old-fashioned way, with non-industrial methods of farming.

Website: Hands Full Farm

Long Meadow Ranch was purchased by the Hall Family in 1989.The Hall family carefully breathed life back into the land, nurturing it back to its glory, and then some, by cutting back the abandoned olive trees and replanting the vineyards and apple orchards as you see them growing today. Home to the Mayacamas Estate, the rugged 650-acre landscape nestled in the foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains also gave way to a long, sweeping meadow, thus the name Long Meadow Ranch was born. The operate a winery, ranch and farmstead based on an organic, sustainable, integrated farming system that relies on each part of the ranch to contribute to the health of the whole.

Now in its 3rd generation, Oakridge Angus Ranch had been in the LaFranchi for over a 100 years. It is run by Cheryl LaFranchi and her husband, large animal veterinarian, Dr Frank Mongini. The Angus graze on lush, native grasses and drink from natural spring water originating throughout the ranch. Shop their grass fed beef at Sonoma County Meat Co.

Website: Oakridge Angus Ranch

Petit Teton is a small family farm in Anderson Valley near Boonville in Mendocino County and all its practices are beyond organic. "We grow it. We can it" is their motto and since the climate is Mediterranean, they grow a wide range of fruits and vegetables that go into making their vast array of canned goods from jams to pickles of all kinds, to relishes, soups, and drink mixers. They also raise pigeons for squab, chickens and ducks for eggs, pigs, rabbits, and cows for market.

The Rossotti’s story begins in the mountains of Switzerland, well over a hundred years ago. After immigrating to the United States in 1892, Julie and Tony Rossotti’s great great grandfathers worked side-by-side to establish the ranching community of west Marin. Today, Julie and Tony continue the ranching traditions of a combined nine generations to produce some of the most humane and sustainable pasture raised veal, grass fed goat, as well as duck and chicken, available in the United States.

Website: Rossotti Ranch

Sonoma Hills Ranch, LLC is located in the Valley of the Moon foothills just east of Santa Rosa. What started as something as simple as raising a few goats to help with hillside fire protection has evolved into an active Boer goat meat operation for John who is the managing partner at Linkenheimer LLP CPA's. Their goat meat can be found at local restaurants and at Sonoma County Meat Co.

Website:  Sonoma Hills Ranch, LLC

Stemple Creek Ranch is a 4th generation family owned and operated ranch on the border of Marin & Sonoma Counties. We practice environmentally responsible carbon farming to raise our 100% grass-fed & finished beef and lamb.

A historical dairy farm up until the 1950s, Tara Firma Farm's now rotationally grazed pasture land was purchased by Tara and Craig Smith in part with a grant from the Sonoma County Agricultural and Open Space District in 2009. The Squire-Eldridge family purchased the farm from Tara in 2016. Since that time there has been a strong focus on holistic farming. Through the farm's production, and their network with family farms throughout Sonoma and Marin counties, they are able to provide pasture raised beef, pork, chicken, lamb, and turkey to families in California along with organic fruit, eggs, cheese, and vegetables through CSA subscription and their farm store.

Website: Tara Firma Farms

Established in 2012 by Guido and Emily Frosini, True Grass Farms is a family-owned and operated farm located four miles east of the Pacific coast and tucked within the coastal valleys of northwestern Marin county.  They offer beef, lamb and goat raised meat for purchase through their website and at  Farmer's Markets. They also partner with local farms to fill CSA subscriptions.

Website: True Grass Farms