Welcome to Stevens Family Ranch, 

Home of the Best Pastured Chicken in 

Northern California - Guaranteed

In fact, I am so confident you will agree, that if you get and cook one and do not agree that it is, in fact, the most moist, tasty, fresh, plump, tender and flat-out awesome chicken you have ever cooked at home, I will give you all your money back. No questions asked. But more on that later. 

For now, let me tell you about this little operation of mine...

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So here's my story:

I grew up in El Dorado County, graduated from Ponderosa in the late 1990s, then left to build a career. I came back to raise my family in 2015, and in 2017 I began raising meat rabbits, and then some laying hens for eggs. Eventually I dipped my toe into the first batch of pastured chicken and the result was amazing. Fresh, moist, plump, juicy, - it tasted delicious (instead of having no taste) - and so I raised a few more. I spread the word on the El Dorado County Homesteading Facebook group, sold some and the clients raved about it, so I figured I was on to something good and got moving on making it a bit bigger to fill the growing demand. 

About my operation: 

I have been inspired by Mediterranean Permaculture - organic-oriented methods of raising animals that are humane and healthy, nutrient-dense and historically sustainable...and which produces the best-tasting chicken you have ever had. 

Prior to the 1940s all small farm operations ran this way, but with the advent of petro-chemical fertilizers and pharmaceuticals, animal production grew into the Frankenstein monster that it is today.  That's not what I do here.  My animals never get any pharmaceuticals, and we use no capacity-boosting additives or chemicals of any kind. Just good ol' sunlight, fresh air, green grass, and good management. 

I've worked hard to translate his wisdom into practicable insight that will help my birds thrive in our "cool wet winters, and hot-dry summers". That means I don't irrigate, and I work with the temps and seasonal variations we have naturally. 

Whether you call this permaculture or regenerative farming, the idea is the same: a process that puts animals to work doing what they want to be doing in an environment that lets them do it, overlapping animal systems that help each other out (like sheep cutting the grass ahead of chickens), the farmer applying a gentle hand at the tiller, and working closely with the natural processes and cycles of the year, to produce optimum soil health, animal health and, ultimately, people-health! 

I take pride in being the first person these birds see, and the one who nurtures and ensures them a safe, sanitary, high-quality life all the way up to harvest, where I'm also the last person they see on the way to the dinner table. It is a deeply spiritual relationship, and I take it very seriously.  I think it shows up in the quality of the final product. 

Fresh, Nutrient-Dense, Local Food

My clients really appreciate a lot about this chicken - knowing who raised and processed it, the fact that it's real local food, it's raised humanely and with high-quality feed and has been pastured, the fact that it's supremely fresh because it was alive 2 or 3 hours before they pick it up, the connection to the earth, and (I like to think) dealing with the person who put it all together when buying their food. 

Aside from all of that, the consensus among my clients seems to be "this is the best chicken I've ever tasted". I invite you to check it out for yourself. 

My Guarantee

In fact, I guarantee that this is the best chicken you've ever cooked and eaten at home. I am so sure that you'll agree that I will give you your money back if I am wrong.  No questions asked. 

But I am sure you'll love it. I get lots of people writing to me all the time saying things like: 

"We refuse to buy chicken from the store. Yours is the only chicken we will eat. My cousin said the chicken and turkey were so good, he would eat seagull too if you raised it!" - Jane Switzer, Auburn CA November 25, 2021

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