Bodega, CA
About Us - John & Lesley Brabyn
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Us - John & Lesley Brabyn
We both come from f
arming
backgrounds: John spent a good portion of his youth on a
dairy farm in New Zealand
while Lesley shares ownership in a 126 acre
working ranch in Ventura
County that has
been in her family since 1886. However, we have both have pursued
professional careers in the
non profit sector prior to our return to toiling in the field. We are
deeply concerned about environmentally destructive practices in modern
agribusiness and hope
we can do our bit to counteract this by producing food in
an animal and habitat friendly manner.
We are also concerned about the disconnect in our society between field
and table and how producers are increasingly adversely impacted by
well-meaning but impractical policies made by
city dwellers with no real understanding of nature, animals or
ranching.
We hope, by providing an accessible work in progress, to help
bridge
some of these gaps between
producers, land owners, conservationists and urban consumers.
The Community
We are members of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau, Sonoma Farm Trails, California Certified Organic Farmers, the American Kiko Goat Association and the Sonoma County Beekeepers Association.
Salmon Creek Ranch Products
Duckling
Duck Eggs
Goat Meat
Honey
Pet Treats
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For more information about Salmon Creek Ranch, contact us at: info@salmoncreekranch.com
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RanchSalmon
Creek Ranch is situated
between the villages of Bodega and Bodega Bay on the glorious Sonoma
coast, about 80 minutes north of San Francisco. It is
bordered on
the south by Bay Hill Rd. and by Salmon Creek Rd. on the
north, and has almost 400 acres of rolling hills, natural pasture,
steeper ravines, redwood groves and forest. Over a mile and a half of Salmon
Creek itself, a designated riparian habitat, meanders within
its northern end. Tucked
among similar sized parcels on an isolated stretch of the coast, it was
originally part of the 580 acre Boreta ranch, a thriving
dairy operation until the 1980's. Subsequent owners
leased
its pastures to local
ranchers and it was used for non-intensive grazing up until the
time we
purchased
the land in August of 2007. Since then, we have obtained organic
certification for its pastures through the California Certified Organic Farmers and
are raising Muscovy ducklings for meat and
eggs, Kiko goats for meat and breeding stock,
and local bees who provide us with honey.
Salmon Creek Ranch is also the home of Timaru Salukis and Rangerovers.net.
its pastures to local
ranchers and it was used for non-intensive grazing up until the
time we
purchased
the land in August of 2007. Since then, we have obtained organic
certification for its pastures through the California Certified Organic Farmers and
are raising Muscovy ducklings for meat and
eggs, Kiko goats for meat and breeding stock,
and local bees who provide us with honey.
Salmon Creek Ranch is also the home of Timaru Salukis and Rangerovers.net.Us - John & Lesley Brabyn
We both come from f
arming
backgrounds: John spent a good portion of his youth on a
dairy farm in New Zealand
while Lesley shares ownership in a 126 acre
working ranch in Ventura
County that has
been in her family since 1886. However, we have both have pursued
professional careers in the
non profit sector prior to our return to toiling in the field. We are
deeply concerned about environmentally destructive practices in modern
agribusiness and hope
we can do our bit to counteract this by producing food in
an animal and habitat friendly manner.
We are also concerned about the disconnect in our society between field
and table and how producers are increasingly adversely impacted by
well-meaning but impractical policies made by
city dwellers with no real understanding of nature, animals or
ranching.
We hope, by providing an accessible work in progress, to help
bridge
some of these gaps between
producers, land owners, conservationists and urban consumers.The Community
We are members of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau, Sonoma Farm Trails, California Certified Organic Farmers, the American Kiko Goat Association and the Sonoma County Beekeepers Association.
Salmon Creek Ranch Products
Duckling
Duck Eggs
Goat Meat
Honey
Pet Treats
Back to Home Page
For more information about Salmon Creek Ranch, contact us at: info@salmoncreekranch.com