In March, TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation co-presented at the California Council of Land Trusts annual conference with Point Blue Conservation Science, The San Mateo Resource Conservation District, and the Natural Resource Conservation Service.
At TKREF, we approach regenerative agriculture from many angles. Where we can use technological innovation to improve health, reduce stress, or measure our impact on the earth, we do so.
Allensworth, California’s first all-Black town established in 1908, is in Tulare County, encircled by vast farmlands. For years, the once-prosperous farming community has grappled with environmental challenges, food deserts, and the impacts of systemic racism.
When I moved to California after graduating from college, I did so with one desire: to do something about climate change. I thought climate change was something we needed to fix.
Raising animals for food is extremely complex—logistically, ecologically, and emotionally.
If you ask our master gardener, Susan, “What is compost” you’re likely to get an esoteric answer—compost is alchemy, compost is a gift that keeps giving, compost is life.
