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

Dede Boies started farming because she “loved the work and the simplicity of planting a seed and growing something that’s edible.” But it wasn’t long before she discovered another passion: humanely raising healthy and happy animals. For the last six years, she’s run Root Down Farm in Pescadero,CA where she raises chickens, ducks, turkeys and pigs in a pasture-based system.

Website: Root Down Farm

Sam Cohen is the owner of SoMar Farms. SoMar Farms hugs the border between Sonoma and Marin counties, and raises grass fed and finished beef and lamb.   Their mission is to produce delicious and nutritious food for our community by using regenerative agricultural practices that prioritize the well-being of the planet, animals, and people involved. You can access their incredible beef and lamb through their web site.

Website: SoMar Farms

Sonoma Mountain Beef Company was founded by Jamie Mickelson's passion to offer high quality, humanely raised, locally processed, delicious beef products. After graduating with a master's degree in Ag Business from Cal Poly, Jamie moved back home to manage her family farm and expand the beef business into her own branded beef enterprise.

Website: Sonoma Mountain Beef Company

Takenoko Farms is located in beautiful Windsor, CA and they produce a variety of products including pork, chicken, duck and a variety of fruits and vegetables.  You can find their products at local farmers markets, including Windsor and Santa Rosa.

Facebook: Takenoko Farms

TomKat Ranch is an 1,800 acre grass fed cattle ranch in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their team of ranchers, scientists, and advocates look to nature to guide their landscape management to support their values. They use livestock grazing to grow healthy soil, support diverse and vibrant rangelands, and produce nutritious food for the community. Their Fork to Farm partnerships aim to change the way society eats in order to accelerate producer adoption of regenerative agriculture.

Website: TomKat Ranch

Adam Parks is the owner of Victorian Farmstead Meat Co., a local retail butcher shop located in the Sebastopol Community Market at the Barlow Center in Sebastopol, CA. Victorian Farmstead Meat Co provides a connection between local producers of sustainably raised meats and the local consumer.  All meat products are raised on pasture, within the confines of what is best for the animal.

Website: Victorian Farmstead Meat Co.