Creating Secure Land Tenure Agreements: Lease Clinic & Potluck DATE: July 14, 2015, TIME: 4:30-6:30 Workshop; 6:30 Potluck/Mixer LOCATION: Howard House, Ridgewood Ranch, 16200 N. Hwy 101, Willits, CA (map) Are you a farmer or rancher looking to lease land in the North Coast region? Are you already leasing but wish to learn more about…
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Written by Rosie Gilchrist: June 2015 Practicum Student Mine is not a new story, not an uncommon story, not at all unique, yet despite this it seems necessary to tell it, to find space for my retelling. For it is a journey many are embarking on. Young, idealistic, enthusiastic, often theoretically educated, overwhelmed individuals are…
Written by Elisha Allgood : June 2015 Practicum Student My name is Elisha. I want to make a difference. I want to be part of the solution to all the problems of conventional agriculture, such as the heavy use of chemical fertilizers, toxic water runoff, and overall unsustainable practices. But as someone new to farming,…
The incredible accumulation of energy inputted into the 12 acres of Grange Farm School programming and growth finally culminated in a LAUNCH on June 1, 2015! One very short month has zipped by since welcoming of the new class of students; and boy have we been busy! In the first week we covered Ecology,…
Hello from Tim Ward! In the six months since I first stepped foot onto Ridgewood Ranch, where the Grange Farm School claims its happy home, I’ve had a strong feeling that I am in the right place at the right time. It was a very similar feeling when I landed in 2006 in a position…
Looking for a consistent supply of fresh, local, pasture raised poultry, a direct consumer to producer relationship, and an abundant wealth of knowledge in sustainable and humane livestock methods all while supporting a worthy cause? Look no further!! The Grange Farm School is starting up a “Poultry Share” program to give the local community an opportunity to…
Hi, my name’s James. James Edmondson. I was born in LA but thankfully moved up north to spend my childhood in Santa Rosa; a tantalizing compromise of progressive thinking and pseudo-city living. There I remained until January 2015 when a blooming interest in regenerative living brought me a few hours north to the fertile lands…
Ruthie King here, Director of Operations and Livestock Manager at the Grange Farm School, pleased resident on the Ridgewood Ranch in Mendocino County, Representative of the Mendocino Farmer’s Guild, Overseer of the Little Lake Grange, Founder of “Be on time Mendocino” campaign, the list goes on. When I first read the job description posted for…
Tim Ward here, Farm School Co-director since this past December and current manager of the field crop production here at the Grange Farm School site. Planting time for the summer is almost here. The “last frost date” (average) for the Grange Farm School main fields, in a frost-prone valley bottom of the Northern California coast range,…
