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Consumers are going to the source for pastured beef, pork, poultry and eggs Carol Ness, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Jeff and Katie Hagan are never stuck wondering what's for dinner -- not with 80 pounds of beef in the freezer.

John and Karen Taylor, with their 2-year-old son, Billy Joe, took over the Bivalve Ranch north of Point Reyes Station from Karen Taylor's mother, dairy industry leader Sharon Doughty, at the beginning of 2006. The ranch was certified organic in July.

Rob Rogers Marin Independent Journal November 18, 2006 About 35 farmers and ranchers gathered at the Walker Creek Ranch Conference Center near Marshall on Friday to share advice and voice their concerns about the state of agriculture in Marin County.

Olive oil maker Guilermo Ramirez pours freshly pressed olive oil into a filtering machine at the McEvoy Ranch. (IJ photo/Jeff Vendsel) Gary Klien Marin Independent Journal November 19, 2006 The McEvoy Ranch is always finding new ways to squeeze money from olives.

Rick Giacomini feeds some of the young heifers remaining at the Giacomini dairy ranch in Pt. Reyes. The young heifers are among the 200 cows remaining at the ranch.

Jim 'Jimbo' McIssac Jr. guides several heifers down a shoot to feed at an open pasture of new grass on a hillside. Like other dairy farmers throughout Marin, the McIssac dairy farm just outside Novato has had to deal with the price of corn feed doubling in recent months.

MARIN COUNTY, Calif., Nov. 27, 2006 Marin County organic beef rancher Dave Evans stands in a pasture calling his cows, and it's a sight that could make an old cowhand cry. Watch "World News" Nov. 28, 29 for our continuing series on organic food "Hey boys. Hey girls. Come on," he said.

For years many of us have shared a vision of a permanent center for our local agriculture that would shelter an outdoor market, a collective farmgate to distribution facility for produce, dairy, shellfish and meat, an educational farm, a permanent indoor storefront for specialty and processed local...

Every year the Marin County Farm Bureau puts on an all local, home-cooked luncheon at the Corda Family Deer Camp just off San Antonio Road, to recognize the support given to them by our county government and supporters.

During the early to mid-1900s row crops of all kinds painted Marins rural landscape.