The Science

True Grass Farms monitors for Ecological Outcomes

We graze our animals for ecological benefits on coastal prairie and oak savanna. We have been collaborating with Point Blue Range-land Monitoring Network and their wildlife biologist who helps monitor our grasslands, soils, water and bird populations and help us inform our grazing plans.

True Grass Farms leads the way in Ecologically Diversified Agriculture

True Grass Farms is implementing conservation practices including hedgerow plantings, compost application, prescribed grazing, riparian reforestation and sylvopasture for ecological structural diversity, and long-term wildlife and pollinator habitat; to our currently regeneratively grazed coastal prairie. These practices help promote soil health, water retention capacity of our soil, water quality, improved nutrient cycling and help keep us produce quality local food for our region. They also provide essential ecosystem services, reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs), and mitigate the impacts of climate change. 

These implementations further sequester carbon at an estimated rate of 56.9 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.

For more information on how these estimates were generated, please visit www.comet-planner.com or see the report below. 

This report does not account for the 10 acres of compost that True Grass Farms is applying each year, a practice which sequesters an additional estimated 14.9 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year (calculations based off the paper by Rebecca Ryals and Whendee L. Silver in their 2013 paper Effects of organic matter amendments on net primary productivity and greenhouse gas emissions in annual grasslands).

56.9 Ton of CO2 sequestered per year is equivalent to:

Planting for the future

In 2018 + 2019 True Grass Farms has planted over 5 acres of oak and chestnut Sylvopasture, 1 mile of hedgerows for wildlife and pollinator habitat and 10 acres compost applications on their home base in Tomales, California.

To achieve these milestones True Grass Farms has collaborated with some incredible community members including but not limited to:

A grateful thank you to our community of enthusiastic tree planters and lovers that helped make all this possible!

“We want to promote the potential and opportunities of a diversified agricultural production farm for our region that is fully integrated with it's wildlife population.”

• In 2018 True Grass Farms received funding from the California Healthy Soil initiative to reforest, plant and spread compost in order to enhance wildlife habitat and sequester carbon.  This is the first time in California is investing directly into biological solutions for climate change. (https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/IncentivesProgram.html) 

• 2019 True Grass Farms received funding through the Marin Resource Conservation District to continue the vision of an ecologically healthy food producing land base.