Doniga Markegard and her husband Eric are hard at work in their paradise of ethical meat. Following Allan Savory’s visionary prescription for what he calls “holistic management” of grasslands, the Markegard family’s method of ranching is restoring California’s threatened prairies while feeding people healthy and delicious meat and milk. They flip the traditional ranching model on its head in a very interesting way: by putting their needs, the needs of their community and the needs of the environment they live in first. A successful ranching business seems to spring organically from that groundwork. Along with her husband and four children, Doniga owns and operates Markegard Family Grass-Fed LLC raising grass-fed beef, lamb, pastured pork, chicken and dairy supplying the Bay Area with local, nutrient-dense foods. The family ranch leases land throughout the Bay Area, spanning over 10,000 a