Oatman Flats Ranch

Oatman Flat Ranch A Regenerative Agricultural Farm in Arizona Oatman Flats Ranch, an anchor of the Hansen family for four generations, has a rich cultural and natural history. Ray Judd Hansen raised quarter horses and grew cotton for 50 years. But, like so many other family farms today, the Hansens were on the verge of […]

5 ways to dig deeper into your community

Sustainable Community Initiatives! It only takes 5 minutes scrolling through Instagram to realize that the current sustainability movement has an enormous scope. There are so many opinions on what the “right” way to approach climate solutions looks like. Somehow amongst all of those narratives, there are still so few people talking about how we can […]

Ted Chamberlin Ranch

@Chamberlin_Ranch FB Chamberlin Ranch Picture: Andrew Hill The Ted Chamberlin Ranch is located in the rolling hills of the Santa Ynez Valley, 30 miles inland from the Santa Barbara coast. The ranch occasionally gets morning fog in the summers, which rolls in from the Santa Ynez River. The summers are hot and dry with temperatures […]

Decolonizing Agriculture

By Ben Pimstone I remember the moment I received the shallow ping of the google meet calendar invite to speak with Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, I wondered what I might ask him.  I thought this over extensively, and as I brainstormed, I began to realize that I was so pressed for interview material because the words to […]

Organic Compound

Organic Compound is located near Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, one of the last remaining nature preserves in the area. Sugar maple, basswood, oak, hickory, aspen, elm, ash, and ironwood trees shade this beautiful park.

Cuyama Lamb

“Our mission is rooted in the ambitious and idealistic hope that we can learn through engagement, observation, and our dedicated lifetimes to become active participants in the stewardship and regeneration of native ecosystems, watersheds, and human life ways.” With a changing climate, many communities nestled within Santa Barbara’s rolling hills have watched helplessly as the […]