Why We Don’t Do Farmers Markets Anymore

This is a very difficult email to write. I don’t want this to seem like click bait so let me first say that we ARE NOT going out of business. What we are doing, effective October 20th, 2023, is closing our farmers market business. The picture above is Laura and I...

A Mother of a January!

As many of you know, our daughter Molly started her college career at Chapman University near Anaheim last fall. All went really well, she was thriving with her group of new friends and challenging course work. So well that she was actually looking forward to a...

Bay Area Rancher Cooperative

Ever since we founded Victorian Farmstead in 2010, processing access and regulations have been our biggest obstacles. It is the challenge of all small, local ranchers who try to bring sustainably raised meats to their local community.  Due to our size, we small...

UPDATE! Politics: the Death of Democracy

Wow, what a response! We are overwhelmed at the incredible outpouring of positive comments (literally have only had one customer bash me for posting it). The common theme is that most everyone agrees we need to start talking without an agenda. So my request is...