Regenerative agriculture is our solution

Regenerative agriculture is the science, art, or occupation concerned with providing ample, nutritious food; improving local economies equitably; building soil fertility; restoring biodiversity, water cycling, and water quality; and using natural processes to achieve climate stability by restoring carbon and other nutrients to the soil.

Regenerative agriculture is the science, art, or occupation concerned with providing ample, nutritious food; improving local economies equitably; building soil fertility; restoring biodiversity, water cycling, and water quality; and using natural processes to achieve climate stability by restoring carbon and other nutrients to the soil.

PUBLIC NOTICE:

Prescribed Burn on TomKat Ranch

Cal Fire has informed us that conditions are suitable for a prescribed burn at TomKat Ranch on
Monday, December 9.

PLEASE BE AWARE

THAT YOU MAY SEE OR SMELL

SMOKE ON THAT DAY.

Countdown to Prescribed Burn

Schuduled Date: Monday, December 9

Starting at approximately 10 am.

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You can watch it live on the Alert Wildlife Camera located on Lane Hill, TomKat Ranch – ALERTWildfire | Central Coast.

We’re hiring!


ÂĄNosotros estamos contratando!

  • Care and feeding of cattle, including moving stock between pastures with temporary electric fence
  • Support ongoing maintenance of ranch land, equipment, and facilities
  • Help with special event preparation
  • Other ranch hand duties

  • Cuidado y alimentaciĂłn del ganado, incluyendo el traslado del ganado entre pastos con cerca elĂ©ctrica temporal
  • Apoyar el mantenimiento continuo de los terrenos, equipos e instalaciones del rancho
  • Ayudar en la preparaciĂłn de acontecimientos especiales
  • Otras tareas del rancho

We’re hiring!


ÂĄNosotros estamos contratando!

  • Work outdoors in heat, rain, dust, noise, and cold.
  • Lift heavy objects such as hay bales and grain bags.
  • Work with power tools, equipment, and vehicles.
  • Perform physical work including, but not limited to, standing, walking, shoveling, and raking.

  • Trabajar al aire libre con calor, lluvia, polvo, ruido, frĂ­o.
  • Levantar objetos pesados, como balas de heno y sacos de grano.
  • Trabajar con herramientas elĂ©ctricas, equipos y vehĂ­culos.
  • Realizar trabajo fĂ­sico incluyendo, pero no limitado a, estar de pie, caminar, palear, rastrillar.

Our Latest News and Resources

“We have the imperative and obligation to engage in a form of agriculture that restores and nurtures rural communities as well as the lands and natural cycles on which we all depend.”

Kat Taylor
Founding Board Member, TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation (TKREF)

Our Method

We optimize for water, climate stability, economic livelihoods, biodiversity, human health, animal welfare, and healthy ample food by employing these practices:

Ranch-wide Planning
Monitoring
Managed Grazing
Rest and Recovery
Biodiversity Stewardship
Building Healthy Soil

What We Do

Regenerative Ranching

TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation (TKREF) demonstrates the practices and benefits of regenerative rangeland management and supports the tools that speed its adoption.

Fork to Farm

Our Fork to Farm partnerships influence the way society eats in order to accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture.

Gathering for Action

TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation (TKREF) brings people together for meaningful conversations that catalyze the transition to a regenerative agriculture system.

Photo Credit: William Milliot

TomKat Ranch on Instagram

🍁 News from TomKat Ranch, Nov. 2024 - Autumn at TKR 🍁 - This month: Worm wedge project, Nutrient density of beef, and Where are they now - Catie Mong (find the link in our Linktree). ...

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🌿We are proud to support EcoFarm as they celebrate their 45th year of bringing together farmers, educators, and advocates for sustainable agriculture!

đŸŒ±The 45th Annual EcoFarm Conference will be held January 22-25, 2025 at the Asilomar State Beach & Conference Grounds. The conference includes 4+ days of impactful skill-building workshops, farm tours, seed swaps, and more!

Check out @eco.farm for more information.

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DEAR NEIGHBORS⁠
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Cal Fire has informed us that conditions are suitable for a prescribed burn today at TomKat Ranch, 2997 Pescadero Creek Road.⁠
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PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY SEE OR SMELL SMOKE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.⁠
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HISTORY:⁠
Over the last several years, TomKat Ranch has worked closely with Cal Fire to implement a 10-year Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) to reduce wildfire risk in the Pescadero area. ⁠
Collaborating with Cal Fire on prescribed burns is one way we are working to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and improve habitat diversity (another way is through our regenerative cattle and goat grazing program.)⁠
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WHY BURN NOW?⁠
Optimal prescribed burning conditions—humidity, wind speed, and temperature—are reaching the required levels, the brush has dried sufficiently to burn, and significant fires across the state have died down, ⁠
so CalFire is confident it has sufficient resources to manage the planned fire.⁠
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WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE?⁠
If you have questions or need more information:⁠
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Get the free Smoke Spotter App on the Apple App Store or Google Play⁠
Cal Fire’s Twitter feed - https://twitter.com/CALFIRECZU
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News from TomKat Ranch, Oct. 2024 - Providing the Stone 🐾 (link in our bio). This month: #Grazing Planning, A Tale of Two Approaches, Ode to #Goat #Meat. (photo by Izzy Sonnet - Western Toad found living under our bioreactor. #Diversity comes in all shapes and sizes!) ...

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Our Certifications

Land to Market uses Savory’s Ecological Outcomes Verification protocol to measure regenerative outcomes and land health on farms and ranches.
CCOF is one of the first certifying agencies that provide a variety of tools and resources that make organic certification management easier.
American Grassfed Association is recognized as the leading definition and standard for grassfed meat and dairy production, ensuring consumers products are never fed antibiotics, hormones are kept on pastures from birth to harvest, and come from U.S. family farms and ranches.

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