Regenerative agriculture is our solution
Regenerative agriculture is the science, art, or occupation concerned with providing ample, nutritious food; improving local economies equitably; building soil fertility; restoring biodiversity, water cycling, and water quality; and using natural processes to achieve climate stability by restoring carbon and other nutrients to the soil.
Regenerative agriculture is the science, art, or occupation concerned with providing ample, nutritious food; improving local economies equitably; building soil fertility; restoring biodiversity, water cycling, and water quality; and using natural processes to achieve climate stability by restoring carbon and other nutrients to the soil.
Employment Opportunities at TomKat Ranch
Ranch Operations Manager
The Ranch Operations Manager role at TomKat Ranch supports daily ground operations by efficiently managing complexity and coordinating activities in pursuit of our mission. Position closes August 31st, 2025.
Head Shepherd
Join our team to help scale up a small ruminant program and incubate a transhumance-oriented community grazing services business, currently ~250 Spanish cashmere goats.
Ranch Hand Needed
TomKat Ranch (Pescadero, CA) is looking to hire a motivated person to join our team to work with our Land & Livestock team to feed and care for horses and assist our Facilities team with general ranch repairs and maintenance.
Se Necesita Peón de Rancho
TomKat Ranch (Pescadero, CA) está buscando contratar a una persona motivada para unirse a nuestro equipo para trabajar con nuestro equipo de Tierras y Ganadería para alimentar y cuidar a los caballos y ayudar a nuestro equipo de Instalaciones con las reparaciones y el mantenimiento generales del rancho.
Our Latest News and Resources
For the past 15 years, a new scientific understanding of our climate has been building across a diverse range of disciplines.
For nearly a century, the number of American farms has been in steady decline, from its peak of 6.8 million in 1935 to fewer than 2 million today.
Last fall in this newsletter we wrote about The Gardner’s Best Friend, sharing methods of vermiculture and the benefits that vermicast has on soil and plant health.
“We have the imperative and obligation to engage in a form of agriculture that restores and nurtures rural communities as well as the lands and natural cycles on which we all depend.”
Kat Taylor
Founding Board Member, TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation (TKREF)
Our Method
We optimize for water, climate stability, economic livelihoods, biodiversity, human health, animal welfare, and healthy ample food by employing these practices:
Ranch-wide Planning
Monitoring
Managed Grazing
Rest and Recovery
Biodiversity Stewardship
Building Healthy Soil
What We Do
Regenerative Ranching
TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation (TKREF) demonstrates the practices and benefits of regenerative rangeland management and supports the tools that speed its adoption.
Fork to Farm
Our Fork to Farm partnerships influence the way society eats in order to accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture.
Gathering for Action
TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation (TKREF) brings people together for meaningful conversations that catalyze the transition to a regenerative agriculture system.
Photo Credit: William Milliot
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