Specialties
PT Ranch implements regenerative farming practices to raise chickens, lamb, and cattle. Our animals are raised on a grazing planned are rotated to fresh grass daily. The product is tender meat that tastes like it should. We offer group and corporate retreats for groups of 10-20. Accommodations range from ranch buildings to canvas tents with other amenities such as a lap pool, lounge chairs, fire pit, hiking trails and cycling roads for miles.
History
Established in 1952.
In 1952, Peter Pope bought a 500 acre parcel of this storied grant, having spent his youth traveling there with his father who leased the land for his retired race horses. The ranch quickly became one of Peter's favorite places to be. A skilled pilot, Peter would fly his family from Oregon on his small twin prop, landing on a bumpy strip installed near the ranch headquarters. Another sixty years passed, DIY landing strips would go out of vogue, but his daughter Emily had caught the ranching bug. Inspired by stories of the land at the inception of the grant, where cowboys could tie across the horns of their saddles grass that had grown tall in soil rich from centuries of grazing by migrating herds of Elk, Emily knew she wanted to invest back into the land what it had lost through years of conventional ranching. Studying the pioneering methods of regenerative ranchers and farmers from around the world, she decided to implement a home-grown amalgamation of these practices.
Meet the Business Owner: Emily T.
The story of Emily the farmer starts with Emily the interior designer when a woman with an acute awareness of the home began to develop an acute awareness of the plate. For someone who has always loved food, creating a sustainable, beautiful, and practical system for its production was a logical next step. On the ranch first acquired by her father in the 1950's, Emily is inspired by the history of Amador County, rich in arable land and strong local communities. She is tasked with the humbling work of producing an integrated and regenerative agricultural system to provide the highest quality produce and pasture raised meats to clients who share her desire to mix old knowledge with new innovation. Emily works alongside her family Ned, Molly and Madeline, and a dedicated and influential team comprised of Sean, Ramon and Fatima and their livestock guard dog, Osgood.
