Back To Basics

Grass Valley, CA

Back to Basics Farm is a family farm in Grass Valley, in the Sierra foothills, that has raised poultry for its family and neighborhood for 30 years. Run by Katie, an ag-business graduate who took over the farm in 2018, it raises chickens and turkeys on all-natural feeds with no added medications or hormones, and gives back through scholarships for local FFA and 4-H students.

Back To Basics

Grass Valley, CA

For 30 years, Back to Basics Farm has raised poultry in Grass Valley in the Sierra foothills, growing from feeding one family into a neighborhood business run by Katie — a Chico State agriculture business graduate and Nevada County Farm Bureau board member — and Justin. Chickens and turkeys are raised on all-natural feeds without added medications or hormones, and the farm funds scholarships for graduating FFA students at Nevada Union and Bear River each year.

Big Bluff Ranch

Red Bluff, CA

Big Bluff Ranch in Red Bluff, California raises Certified Organic, regenerative chicken on pasture in Northern California. The birds are raised without corn or soy, then air-chilled and flash-frozen, and shipped direct to customers.

Big Bluff Ranch

Red Bluff, CA

Big Bluff Ranch near Red Bluff, California delivers Certified Organic, regenerative, pasture-raised chicken raised without corn or soy. Birds are air-chilled and flash-frozen, then shipped straight to customers with a risk-free first order.

Big Bluff Ranch

Red Bluff, CA

Big Bluff Ranch raises regenerative, Certified Organic chicken on pasture near Red Bluff in Northern California. Raised without corn or soy, the birds are air-chilled and flash-frozen before shipping directly to customers' doors.

Brite Creek Farms

Tehachapi, CA

Brite Creek Farm is the Shipman family's farm in Tehachapi, California, born twenty years ago from a health-driven rethink of food and farming. The farm raises 100% grass-fed, dry-aged beef, pastured chicken, turkey, and eggs, and grows vegetables, flowers, and fruit without pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers — sold from the on-farm store (open Wednesday through Saturday) and delivered direct to doors across Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada, including bulk whole, half, and quarter beef.

Buy Ranch Direct

Huntington Beach, CA

Buy Ranch Direct is a cooperative of family-owned ranches based at Diamond Mountain Ranch in the Sierra Nevada, raising 100% grass-fed and grass-finished heritage-breed animals on certified organic grasses with no corn, soy, shots, steroids, hormones, or antibiotics. The co-op sells freezer-filler boxes of beef, bison, pork, and chicken at Southern California farmers markets including Huntington Beach, plus warehouse pickup and home delivery, with a 5% membership discount program.

Eben-Haezer Poultry Ranch

Ramona, CA

Eben-Haezer Egg Ranch in Ramona has been family owned and operated since 1957, supplying San Diego kitchens with farm-fresh eggs for generations. The ranch's eggs are sold at the Happy Hens general store (weekdays, with a drive-thru) and at the Poway Farmers Market on Saturdays, with wholesale available by contact.

Family Friendly Farms

Grass Valley, CA

Family Friendly Farms is a Northern California family farm in Grass Valley that has ranched for over twenty years, offering 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef and lamb, free-range and pasture-raised chicken, and pasture-raised pork — no added hormones, antibiotics, corn, soy, or GMOs. The farm began at a local farmers market booth and still offers farmers-market prices through its online store, from individual cuts up to whole shares, plus home delivery and local pickup.

Family Friendly Farms

Grass Valley, CA

Family Friendly Farms began over twenty years ago with a booth at a Grass Valley farmers market and a desire to raise naturally grown, humanely treated animals. The Northern California family farm sells 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef and lamb, pasture-raised pork, and free-range chicken — never any hormones, antibiotics, corn, soy, or GMOs — at farmers-market prices online, from single cuts to whole shares, with transparent at-cost shipping, home delivery, and local pickup.

Fluegge Egg Ranch - Crown Hill Lane

Escondido, CA

Fluegge Egg Ranch has produced eggs in North San Diego County for 70 years, founded in 1956 by Walter and Lucy Fluegge and now spanning four generations of the family. The ranch supplies Southern California stores and restaurants and runs a farm stand at the corner of its Valley Center property on North Lake Wohlford Road, open Tuesday through Sunday with cartons, flats, and checks straight from the farm.

Fogline Farm

Pescadero, CA

Fogline Farm raises organic-fed, pasture-raised broiler chickens on the Año Nuevo peninsula coastline north of Santa Cruz. The fully integrated organic farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains moves its chickens to fresh grass daily.

Jones Family Farm & Ranch

Jones Family Farm & Ranch is a small family operation on Stone Jug Road in Sutter Creek, Amador County, California, raising pork, free-range chicken, eggs, and livestock with a commitment to giving every animal the best possible life. The ranch promotes sustainable, humane farming and sells farm-fresh eggs, poultry, and pork through its online store with harvest waitlists.

Markegard Family Grass-Fed

Half Moon Bay, CA

Markegard Family Grass-Fed raises certified grass-fed, grass-finished beef and lamb plus pasture-raised chicken and pork across ranchland in San Mateo, Sonoma, and Marin Counties, based in Half Moon Bay. Using holistic planned grazing that mimics the elk herds that once roamed California's grasslands, the pesticide-free ranch was the first in California to earn Audubon's Bird Friendly land certification, and delivers regenerative meats around the Bay Area and at farmers markets.

Riverdog Farm

Guinda, CA

Riverdog Farm is a 350-acre certified organic, diversified family farm in Guinda, in the Capay Valley, where creek-bottom soil, hot summers, and winter frost produce exceptionally flavorful crops. Certified organic since 1993, the farm grows vegetables, fruits, and nuts and raises pasture-raised chickens and pigs, selling through a weekly CSA, farmers markets in Berkeley and Sacramento, wholesale partners, and an on-farm shop open daily.

Riverdog Farm

Guinda, CA

Certified organic since 1993, Riverdog Farm farms 350 diversified acres in the Capay Valley at Guinda, where creek-bottom soil and extreme seasons concentrate flavor in its vegetables, fruits, and nuts. The family farm also raises pasture-raised chickens and pigs, and sells through a weekly CSA, Berkeley and Sacramento farmers markets, wholesale accounts, and a daily on-farm shop.

Three Sons Farm

Ramona, CA

Three Sons Farm in Ramona raises pasture-raised chickens and eggs, grass-fed and grass-finished beef, and heritage pork — all animals raised on the farm itself, never bought in for resale. The farm delivers to most of San Diego County on Fridays with a $40 minimum, offers on-farm pickup by appointment, and sells at the Cardiff and Leucadia farmers markets.