2025 Newsletter Archive

Our newsletters and other forms of electronic communication often include short articles and updates not published on the website. Here you will find links to those sources for further reading.

Our newsletter and other email publications.

Our newsletters and other forms of electronic communication often include short articles and updates not published on the website. Here you will find links to those sources for further reading.

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A mural celebrating biodiversity is featured at Terra Madre Americas, the Slow Food network for food communities, held in Sacramento, California.

A mural celebrating biodiversity is featured at Terra Madre Americas, the Slow Food network for food communities, held in Sacramento, California.

📸 by Grace-Sonia Melanio

November 2025 – Slow Food USA

  • A Dive into Nutrient-Dense Food by Kathy Webster and Wendy Millet
  • Round up on Gathering for Action by Bella Newcomb
  • Reflections on the Roots Program by Bonnie Eyestone
  • An Interview with Past Intern Jake Tommerdahl by Izzy Toldi
  • Highlights from the Team by Mukethe Kawinzi
During the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Meeting on shrub control held at TomKat Ranch, Mark Biaggi, the Ranch Manager, explains to attendees the challenges and outcomes of a previous prescribed fire.

During the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Meeting on shrub control held at TomKat Ranch, Mark Biaggi, the Ranch Manager, explains to attendees the challenges and outcomes of a previous prescribed fire.

📸 by William Milliot

October 2025 – Management Can Come In Many Forms

  • A Land Manager’s View of Water by Dakota Glueck and Wendy Millet. This is part 2 of 3 of our feature, The Water Cycle
  • Reflections from the Old Salt Festival by Kevin Watt
  • Interview with APC’s Rizpah Bellard by Owen Rockemann and Kelly Carmichael
  • An interview with past intern Rachel Sullivan
  • Highlights from the Team
Cows and calves grazing behind the wire. Planned grazing requires using hotwires to confine cattle to the specific areas we decide on for grazing impact.

Cows and calves grazing behind the wire. Planned grazing requires using hotwires to confine cattle to the specific areas we decide on for grazing impact.

📸 by William Milliot

September 2025 – Fall’s Arrival

  • Soil Carbon Primer – Erika Foster, Point Blue
  • From Soil to Scale: How the Agricultural Platform Collective is Reimagining Food Systems – Jose Corona, Office of Kat Taylor
  • Highlights from the Team – This month’s highlights are focused on regenerative creative materials. By, Hannah Simon, TKREF intern
TomKat staff and interns spent part of a sun-filled day at Stemple Creek Ranch, diving into the business of ranching with owner/operator Loren Poncia and wholesale account manager Maddie Young. From left to right: Seamus Wille, Kathy Webster, Dakota Glueck, Hunter Fontana, Shannon Waldron, and Kelly Carmichael.

TomKat staff and interns spent part of a sun-filled day at Stemple Creek Ranch, diving into the business of ranching with owner/operator Loren Poncia and wholesale account manager Maddie Young. From left to right: Seamus Wille, Kathy Webster, Dakota Glueck, Hunter Fontana, Shannon Waldron, and Kelly Carmichael.

📸 by Maddie Young

August 2025 – Fruits of Summer

  • The water cycle, part 1 of 3: Is Water the Real Key to a Stable Climate?
  • Financing the Future of Regenerative Agriculture
  • Vermicast: Moving from Worm Bin to Working Product
  • New Principles of Regenerative Grazing Video Series
  • Meet Our 2025 Intern Cohort!
  • Highlights from the Team – Summer reading list
"Little grazers," by Kim Kitchener

“Little grazers.”

📸 by Kim Kitchener

July 2025 – Celebrating Diversity

  • Where Restoration Meets Management: article three of three
  • Quinn Institute: Healing the Earth By Growing Food As Medicine
  • From the Field: Calving Season Reflections
  • Highlights from the Team focused on Mary Purdy and the Nutrient Density Alliance
JT, one of our livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) keeps all the babies safe. Photo by Kim Kitchener

JT, one of our livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) keeps all the babies safe. 

📸 by Kim Kitchener

June 2025 – Learning Lessons from Nature

  • Are you really eating a balanced, nutritious diet?
  • Regenerative Ranching 101: Growing Knowledge and Inspiring Action
  • Where Restoration Meets Management
  • Highlights from the Team – Noble Institute and Society for Range Management
TomKat Impact Report - A letter from Wendy Millet, Ranch Director

TKREF Impact Report: A letter from Ranch Director, Wendy Millet.

May 2025 –  Impact Report

  • Where Restoration Meets Management
  • The third installment of Regen Ranching By The Numbers
  • Ag Day at the Capitol
  • Highlights from the Team – Susan Hadacek’s favorite gardening books
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) by Kim Kitchener.

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria).

📸 by Kim Kitchener

April 2025 –  Spring in a Mediterranean Climate

  • Meet and Greet: CA Wheat Commission and the Beef2Institution
  • Mycelium Magic
  • Where are they now? Ford Smith, 2018 Intern
  • Highlights From the Team
A pasture on TomKat Ranch. The section on the left has had time to rest. The section on the right was recently grazed and is ready for some rest.

Grazed compared to rested. Read more about it in the Regen Ag by the Numbers.

📸 by WIlliam Milliot

March 2025 –  A Chance to Share

  • Regenerative Ranching by the Numbers, Article 2
  • Where are they now? Leif Gonzalez-Kramer
  • Highlights From the Team
TomKat Ranch staff stand around a tree with the sun shinning through it as part of the ongoing soil learning sessions with Wendell Gilgert

Picture of the Month: Staff ‘reading the land’ with Wendell Gilgert while discussing leader-follower/multi-species grazing.

📸 by Stephanie Pittman

February 2025 –  All Hands On Deck!

  • Regenerative Ranching by the Numbers – Article 1
  • Cultivating Change: A Recap of the Recent California Regional Regenerative Meat Summit
  • Badgers and Burrowing Owls
  • Highlights From the Team
Cattle standing in a pasture on TomKat Ranch as the sun sets behind them

Winter cattle on TKR

📸 by William Milliot

January 2025 –  With a new year comes a new chance

  • Regenerate 2024 – Innovating for a Resilient Future
  • Regenerative Agriculture: An Argentinian Perspective
  • We’re live! The Coastside Local Food Hub’s Website Is Ready for Action
  • Where Are They Now: Anna Brown

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