Red Dot Ranch hosts experiences on the land fostering urban-rural connections; creating systems of care and trust. We host public and private events serving vegetable forward meals supported by the food we forage and grow on the land. Learning and teaching is embedded in every aspect of eating, cooking, gathering and serving food at Red Dot Ranch. We look forward to nourishing you.

Red Dot Ranch is an educational hub for bioregional architecture and circular building materials creating the built infrastructure onsite while also serving as a demonstration and experimental space for inventions, moving breakthroughs from the lab to the land.

We are working on a prototype tiny house with a mobile circular water system that can be used for farmworker and disaster relief housing. The built environment encompasses all of the planet now and no where is this more obvious than our water systems. We take water from one watershed, use it in another then dump it in the ocean. All the water that exists on earth has been here a very long time. To combat sea level rise, flooding and drought we need to help water get back home. The Ranch is located in Pescadero just an hour from Silicon Valley. Yet many people live without access to clean water and reliable sanitation. Helping water also addresses local housing inequities.

Red Dot Ranch is land that we tend for people and the planet prioritizing carbon sequestration, water, habitat and soil health. We promote edible native plants, not as an act of taking indigenous food ways but of acknowledging that our dominant food systems come from afar. As we work towards a climate beneficial future, we will need to expand our flavor profiles and taste much more locally. Native edible plants are more climate adapted, require less water and provide habitat for our wild life neighbors. In addition we farm heritage seeds and breeds encouraging biodiversity.