About Us
Our Work
We are internationally recognized for our work on fire prevention and ecological enhancement services focused on managing vegetation using holistic prescribed (Rx) grazing methods with goats and sheep. We value comprehensive land stewardship practices, and pair our ecological services with efforts to engage the community through education.
Pastoralism plays a critical role in protecting environments, sequestering carbon, and enhancing biodiversity while providing highly nutritious food for people across the planet. We believe that this modern approach to the ancient trade of shepherding is the future of livestock in California and across the Western United States.
Meet the Shepherdess
Cole Bush, known as ‘The Urban Shepherdess,’ is an entrepreneur, advocate, and creative liberator in the fields of climate-beneficial agriculture, land stewardship, and prescribed grazing. She is the founder of Shepherdess Land and Livestock - a prescribed grazing company based in Ojai, California, Shepherdess Holistic Hides - a purveyor of mindfully sourced sheep hides, and Grazing School of The West - a non-profit 501(c)3 multidisciplinary vocational training program that has trained over 200 people.
Cole has been featured in over 40 media outlets, including ELLE France, The Guardian, and The Conversationalist. Cole sits on the advisory board for Soil Centric, the targeted grazing committee for California Wool Growers Association, California Board of Forestry advisory committee for California Range Management, she is the co-founder of the Ojai Valley Fire Safe Council’s Community Supported Grazing Program, and she is a member of The Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Cole has spoken at over two-dozen industry events, including Farmer Campus, Bioneers Conference, Regenerate Conference, and Groundwork: Symposium.
Please email Kate Barney at katebarney@gmail.com with any press or speaking requests.
Photo credit: Paul Mirah CollinsA Closer Look at What We Do
