OK – it’s time to order your Ranch Box! It’s super easy, and with no minimums or subscriptions required, you can pick and choose from all of the fine local food producers who participate in our Ranch Boxes. What can I order in my Ranch Box? Choose from our selection of homegrown beef, lamb, pork,…
My plan for the Storke Dairy has always been to turn it back into a working ranch and start up a meat processing facility, which I believe that this valley is in desperate need for. Mike and I have been very busy as far as cleaning up the pastures and cleaning out the slough, fixing…
We’re raising our very first grass-finished beef on the Gardnerville property! We’ve had grass-finished beef in years past and this year, due to the demand for grass-fed beef, we decided to expand this product. We have cut the hay from the two hayfields and are now able to feed the hay back to the calves. We’ll do…
The Coleman family of Minden in the Johnson Lane area run a small family farm to feed their family, and to make a little money on selling their products. Take a listen as they discuss the future of the family farm in Carson Valley – and what a facility like ours would mean for their…
When our kids understand where our food comes from, they understand the hard work and commitment required. We believe in ag education and are so excited for Dusty’s future in ranching!
We are first-generation ranchers. When Spencer and I first met, we always talked about raising our own cattle. We still have the kitchen napkins those dreams and ideas were scribbled on! Then one day, we decided enough talking, it is time to jump in with both feet. We recognized the need for younger generations to…
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Need a few moments of quiet? Here’s some raw video footage from a fun ranch-day video shoot we did recently to show the world who we are. From feeding the animals and moving the water at dawn with our student ranchers to Karin making us breakfast, you’ll see everything that goes on at Karin’s Sinclair…
My children and I participated in FFA and 4-H. It’s important for them and for ranching that they continue to learn about the food chain. Mike works with local groups, and we have made the commitment to those groups to provide educational opportunities to them!
Terri Chichester, a fifth-generation rancher, talks about running her husband’s family’s ranch just over the border in Topaz, California. Terri runs sheep and pastures cows for other ranchers and says having a processing plant in Gardnerville would save her money in time and fuel to process her 30 or so sheep a year.