Situated in Colusa County, California, Spring Valley Ranch has seen a lot of changes in recent years. The land’s inheritor, Robert Slobe, took over his great-grandfather’s 7,500 acres in 1985 and has been on a journey to improve the land ever since. He has faced many challenges, including the ever-worsening need for water and threat of invasive weeds. […]
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MAPES RANCH
In 1923 Ed Mape began Mapes Ranch outside of Modesto, California in Stanislaus County. The ranch is a 3,500 acre diversified farming and cattle operation producing almonds, wheat, tomatoes, alfalfa, corn, grapes, oats, barley, beans, forage mix, and melons adjacent to 3,000 acres of rangeland. It was Bill and Mary Lyons that started to implement […]
T.O. CATTLE COMPANY & MORRIS GRASSFED BEEF
Joe and Julie Morris have owned and operated T.O. Cattle Company and Morris Grassfed Beef since 1991 when Joe took over his grandfather’s 200-acre ranch near San Juan Bautista, California. The Morris’ have since grown to lease an additional 5,000 private and public acres while managing 1,000 stocker cattle and 270 cows to supply their […]
WORK RANCH
George and Elaine Work and their son Ben and his wife Kelly, own and operate Work Ranch in San Miguel, in southern Monterey County. Work Ranch is a 12,000-acre ranch, divided into fifty pastures so both the cattle and grass can be managed better. George described his family as ‘solar energy converters’- “we convert solar […]
V6 RANCH
Jack and Zera Varian and their family own and operate V6 Ranch in Parkfield, California. With more than 17,000 acres of grazing land, the family sustainably raises grass-fed beef, as well as hosting tours and cattle drives. After nearly fifty years of operation, V6 Ranch has become much more than a cattle ranch. Jack and […]
