Support Local Farmers and Ranchers Every Time You Shop

Some of the Bay Area’s most acclaimed meats, cheeses, milk, fruits, vegetables and wool products come from MALT-protected farms and ranches. Every time you shop, you can choose to support family farmers. Access the printable guide here!

Producers

Lamb, Wool

Barinaga Ranch

Barinaga Ranch offers tender, young, lamb raised on its coastal pastures. Contact the ranch to order your lamb. Hand-spinners will find a selection of fine colored and white Romney and Corriedale fleeces and yarn, available through their web site. Barinaga Ranch is a member of Fibershed, a regional organization guiding a national movement to support sustainable fiber production.

Barinaga Ranch, Tomales
MALT-protected since 1988

Wool

Jensen Ranch

Contributor to the Fibershed, Jensen Ranch in beautiful, coastal Tomales produces high-quality wool.

Jensen Ranch, Tomales
MALT-protected since 1992

Lamb, Wool

Pozzi Ranch

Looking for delicious lamb or local wool? Pozzi Ranch specializes in both. Joe developed standards within his Pozzi Wool brand to ensure both animal care and natural resources are of the utmost importance. He is also the primary contributor to the Sonoma Wool Company.

Pozzi Ranch, Tomales
MALT-protected since 1993

Beef, lamb, pork

Stemple Creek Ranch

Want tender and flavorful beef from a MALT-protected property? Then consider Stemple Creek Ranch. You can also pick up lamb and pork from this grass-fed, grass-finished producer. Pioneers in the carbon farming movement, Loren and Lisa Poncia also contribute wool to the Fibershed. Stemple Creek Ranch products can be purchased online.

Stemple Creek Ranch, Tomales
MALT-protected since 1992

Stemple Creek Ranch, Tomales
MALT-protected since 2013

Fermented foods and more

West Marin Culture Shop

Maggie Levinger and Luke Regalbuto’s pantry and picnic emporium features Wild West Ferments’ award-winning sauerkrauts and kimchis, artisanal cheeses, natural wines, fermented fruit sodas on tap, and buffalo milk soft serve floats. The Farmer’s Wife serves grilled cheese sandwiches. Open Friday through Monday, 11am-5pm.

80 4th Street, Point Reyes Station