Posted on November 18, 2019 by Hilaree Levi
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November 10, 2019 My time at Ranney Ranch has been a wild, gritty, challenging and beautiful roller-coaster ride. I have experienced high highs feeling capable and confident. Having moments of complete (or at least almost complete) clarity, using the accumulation of all my learned…
Posted on July 10, 2019 by Hilaree Levi
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Workshop participants will build erosion control structures through hands-on instruction and learn how to read the landscape to better understand surface water flow and the erosion process from NRCS and Quivira Coalition staff members.
Posted on June 6, 2019 by Hilaree Levi
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Recently Nancy was interviewed by Kelly Brownell, Head of the World Food Policy Center at Duke University
Posted on April 16, 2019 by Hilaree Levi
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“In just over a month I will have the privilege of beginning to work with Nancy and Melvin at Ranney Ranch. My journey in agriculture has been a winding one. Beginning in the rolling hills of central Washington to the green and wet Pacific…
Posted on October 17, 2018 by Jessi Adcock
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By Sean McCoy Summer 2018 writer-in-residence at Ranney Ranch Tarantulas are crossing the highway. The grass has begun to cure. I’m sitting on the porch of the Sowell House, as I often have this summer, watching the clouds above the mesa and wishing to…
Posted on September 5, 2018 by Jessi Adcock
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Curious to know what apprenticing on the Ranney Ranch is like? Here’s a word from our current apprentice, Ben Vanderhoof, about his experience so far. When I was asked by Nancy Ranney to write a brief account of my experience on the ranch as…
Posted on August 8, 2018 by Nancy Ranney
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Ranney Ranch and Audubon partner to protect birds by restoring grasslands.
The Audubon mark certifies the beef was grazed on Audubon certified bird-friendly land.
Posted on March 28, 2018 by Jessi Adcock
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“So, what are your plans for after graduation?” “What you want to do with your life?” Ah, the questions every soon-to-be college graduate dreads. And of course, the ones asked by every well-meaning grandparent, aunt, professor, and friend. If you’d asked me one of…
Posted on September 16, 2015 by Ranney Ranch
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This summer we have been fortunate to host John Beerman, an accomplished artist from North Carolina, at the old Sowell House, the original stone headquarters of the ranch built in 1926. John’s paintings of the ranch will be exhibited at the LewAllen Gallery in…
Posted on July 24, 2015 by Ranney Ranch
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With so much rain and an abundance of grass, heifers and calves are fat and happy this year at Ranney Ranch. On July 9 and 10, a dedicated team of friends and family gathered to vaccinate and brand. Clouds threatened, but managed to provide perfect…