JJD Ranch

About Us

We are a small family owned ranching operation that is located just north of Providence Village, Texas. We pasture raise both sheep and cattle. Grazing space takes up most of our small piece of land. However, in addition to ranching, just as did small ranchers in this area in the past, we also grow and/or produce other foodstuffs to complement our meats. So, we have small garden areas on the property where we raise vegetables, fruits, herbs and spices, and even some things you might not regularly think to eat such as edible flowers and cacti.

Our goal is to bring interesting and healthy foods to both our table and yours. We want to help connect you to the sources of your food. We also hope to help you experience some of the historical ranching, farming, and even eating practices of our area. We use what we produce ourselves, and we sell our excess to the general public. We also both grow and prepare some things to order for you. Because we are a very small operation, we often have limited inventory of most of the things that we sell.

In addition to selling locally, we also offer online services to help others learn more about the foods they eat. Whether you are enjoying a tasty dish from our Ranch Recipes or using our Education Services or Consulting Services, we make it a practice to help others learn as much as possible about how food is grown and/or raised; how to use food in support of good health; and how to combine foods to make eating an interesting adventure.








Our thoughts about food

At JJD Ranch, we believe that the most nutritious and delicious foods, whether plant or animal, have themselves lived healthy, happy, and productive lives before they became our food.

So, we focus on producing foods that are highly compatible with our local growing environment. While we do not object to natural cross breeding methods as a way to produce a better food product, we do reject the idea that bio-engineering our food sources at the DNA level (commonly referred to as GMO) can produce something that is somehow more healthy for us than what is available to us through natural development. We also object to the idea of stripping foods of nutrients and then replacing what has been stripped away with other nutrients. In short, we believe that our Creator designed our food sources to meet our needs perfectly. So, through use of tried and true ranching and farming methods that have been used to grow those perfectly designed foods, we believe that we are producing the foods that are in alignment with the things our bodies typically need.

We work hard to ensure that we are raising our livestock and growing our plants in environments that are natural for our area. When we purchase products to use in the foods we produce for you, we do our best to use items that have been minimally processed. And, when we fertillize, control for pests, and/or amend our soils, we use natural products and/or products that have been approved for organic use whenever possible.

We believe that it is important to understand and connect with the sources of your food. So we provide virtual tours, education services, and consulting services to give you insights into all stages of food production at JJD Ranch. We are happy to share with you what we do, how we do it, and why we do it that particular way.









What we produce and how

Whether you are looking for ingredients for your favorite "chuck wagon" meal or just want some fresh home made bread, chances are we have at least some of what you will need. We are a small operation, so we do not grow absolutely everything, but we do have a wide variety of items to bring that farm fresh taste right to your table. We have remarkable foodstuffs for you in every category of items that we produce.

Pastured Meats - We are, first and foremost, a ranch. The majority of our operation is focused on producing the highest quality meats possible. We raise all of our livestock in the way that is most natural to them possible. They are free to graze on pasture that is primarily grasses and other forage that are simply native to our area. To learn more about our livestock and get information about the health benefits of our meats, take our virtual Pastured Meats Tour.

Fresh Produce - While we believe that our ranch meats are a very important part of a healthy diet, we know that we cannot live on meats alone. We need foods rich in carbs and fiber as well as some vitamins and minerals that are not found in meats to round out our dietary needs. So, we grow a wide variety of foodstuffs to complement our meats, and we make some of those items available to you as well.

  • Our seasonal produce is grown in areas that we call our Ranch Gardens where we grow fresh vegetables, fruits, cacti, edible flowers, and herbs and spices. We do not currently "green house", so our seasonal fresh produce is grown at the optimal time of year to produce happy healthy plants in this area. That means the produce from those plants is only available when it is in season or shortly thereafter. Take a virtual tour of our Ranch Gardens to see what we grow seasonally and to learn when you might expect it to be available for sale.


  • Our grown to order produce is especially important to maintaining healthy nutrient intake during times of the year when our seasonal produce is simply not available, such as in the early parts of the growing season when much of our produce is out of season. In our grow room, we grow several things specifically for you when you order them including, but not limited to micro-greens and micro-herbs which are very nutrient dense when eaten as baby plants. If you would like to know more about our grow room operation, please take a virtual tour of our Grown to Order Produce.








Connecting to your food

One of the things we find to be particularly surprising in our current society is that many people seem to have no real understanding of where some of their food comes from. It is not just a matter of they do not know which farming or ranching operation produced their food, or in which country it was grown, they may have no idea that our foods come from living plants and animals. Even foods that are produced in a laboratory setting originated with something that was living. There is a new trend to produce "cultured or cultivated" meats in a lab, but even those originate with cells that were harvested from living animals.

Unfortunately, as our supermarkets sell more and more "prepared" meals, and as more and more people obtain the majority of their meals from restaurants, people simply no longer see the raw product that went into those meals. Because of this, many are loosing an important connection to their sources of food, and they are accepting increasingly poorer sources of nutrition simply because they do not know what is in what they are eating. It is no longer just important to be sure you are eating a balanced diet; it is becoming critically important to be able to understand what some of those ingredients on food labels actually are. And, as people invent new words and phrases to describe things, it is important to know what those words actually mean.

Because one of the goals of JJD Ranch is to help preserve some of past farming and ranching practices, we offer a line of services online to help people who want to have a better understanding of their foods. Most of these services are at no cost to the consumer. We make our money from them through passive income strategies. A few of them require a subscription, and a few are available for a small charge. But, all are designed to help you have a deeper connection to the living things that are designed to be food for you.

Remarkable Foodstuffs - We have found out so many exciting things about food over the years, and we are excited to share what we have learned with you. Whether you are just looking for some good old fashioned recipes with minimally processed ingredients, information about the health benefits of your sources of food, or new and exciting ways to be certain that your food sources are respected and used fully, this section of our online services will be a help to you. Please take our virtual tour of Remarkable Foodstuffs to learn more. The majority of the information provided in this section of our site is free to you. We just ask you to "follow us" and be patient with ads as this section is funded through passive income sources. Among other things, in this section, we provide:

  • Ranch Recipes - Whether you are looking for a full "chuck wagon" style meal or a simple sweetbread to take to a gathering, we will share with you the recipes we have developed over the years both to sell as Cottage Foods and to provide examples of ways to use the things we produce. All of our recipes are made with minimally processed ingredients, and many are heirloom recipes that were used on small ranches or farms in the past.

  • Beneficial Foods - We are neither medical professionals nor nutritionists, but we do spend a lot of time making food choices to keep us as healthy as possible. In this section we provide information about the health benefits of many different kinds of foods, and we provide links to information about those benefits.

  • Please, DO Eat the Daisies - In this section we provide information about things you might not regularly think to eat. We believe that just as we should respect the lives of the animals that provide us with meat, we should also respect the lives of the plants that provide us with fruits, vegetables, and herbs and spices. Whether you are looking for information about edible flowers to use in making your food more interesting, or you want information about which parts of a plant are actually edible, we break down old traditions and move you toward using each plant you grow for as many sources of food as you can.

  • Ranch Stories - And in this section we simply share some of the fun and exciting moments we have had over the years and going forward as we have been on this journey to connect people to their food and to perserve ranching and farming practices that, if we are not careful, could become a dying art.

Education Services - We offer a variety of services to help you learn more about foods today, and we make them available in a variety of ways. To learn more about our Education Services or to participate in them, please take our virtual tour of the Ranch Learning Center. In our Learning Center, you will find:

  • The JJD Ranch Essential Knowledge and Skills - This is our own take on what people should experience and/or know in each age category in order to be well connected to their sources of food. Access to this list is provided by subscription.

  • Food Connections Learning Plans - We provide learning plans for homeschool, small group, and classroom educational events that are keyed to our JJD Ranch Essential Knowledge and Skills. We have both individual lesson plans and full unit plans of study available for sale by plan.

  • Interactive Scheduled Courses - For adult learners who realize that they need to get better connected to their food sources and want the experience of learning in a group lead by an instructor, we schedule as few courses throughout the year. The majority of these courses include small group interactions through social media platforms and/or virtual conferencing tools like FaceBook Groups or Google Meet. There is a small fee to pay our instructor for these classes.

  • Free OnDemand Classes - We also offer free self-study classes for adult learners through interactive web pages and/or social media such as YouTube.

Consultant Services - We hope that some of you will want to grow your own food. We think there is no better way to stay conntected to your food sources than to grow your own. We are not Master Gardeners, but we do have years of learning by experience. Of course, we have already made so many of the mistakes that young food producrs make. So, you can benefit from what we have learned from those mistakes. We also have a strong background in research methodology and organizational management. Whether you are developing an area inside your home to grow your own wheat grass, just trying or organize your planting chart for the year, or designing a whole new garden, our online consulting services can help you gather the information you will need and give you feedback as you develop your plans. Please take our virtual tour of Ranch Consultants to learn more about how you might use our consultants as you work to develop your own sources of food.









JJD Ranch

About Us

We are a small family owned ranching operation that is located just north of Providence Village, Texas. We pasture raise both sheep and cattle. Grazing space takes up most of our small piece of land. However, in addition to ranching, just as did small ranchers in this area in the past, we also grow and/or produce other foodstuffs to complement our meats. So, we have small garden areas on the property where we raise vegetables, fruits, herbs and spices, and even some things you might not regularly think to eat such as edible flowers and cacti.

Our goal is to bring interesting and healthy foods to both our table and yours. We want to help connect you to the sources of your food. We also hope to help you experience some of the historical ranching, farming, and even eating practices of our area. We use what we produce ourselves, and we sell our excess to the general public. We also both grow and prepare some things to order for you. Because we are a very small operation, we often have limited inventory of most of the things that we sell.

In addition to selling locally, we also offer online services to help others learn more about the foods they eat. Whether you are enjoying a tasty dish from our Ranch Recipes or using our Education Services or Consulting Services, we make it a practice to help others learn as much as possible about how food is grown and/or raised; how to use food in support of good health; and how to combine foods to make eating an interesting adventure.
Our thoughts about food

At JJD Ranch, we believe that the most nutritious and delicious foods, whether plant or animal, have themselves lived healthy, happy, and productive lives before they became our food. So, we focus on producing foods that are highly compatible with our local growing environment. While we do not object to natural cross breeding methods as a way to produce a better food product, we do reject the idea that bio-engineering our food sources at the DNA level (commonly referred to as GMO) can produce something that is somehow more healthy for us than what is available to us through natural development. We also object to the idea of stripping foods of nutrients and then replacing what has been stripped away with other nutrients. In short, we believe that our Creator designed our food sources to meet our needs perfectly. So, through use of tried and true ranching and farming methods that have been used to grow those perfectly designed foods, we believe that we are producing the foods that are in alignment with the things our bodies typically need.

We work hard to ensure that we are raising our livestock and growing our plants in environments that are natural for our area. When we purchase products to use in the foods we produce for you, we do our best to use items that have been minimally processed. And, when we fertillize, control for pests, and/or amend our soils, we use natural products and/or products that have been approved for organic use whenever possible.

We believe that it is important to understand and connect with the sources of your food. So we provide virtual tours, education services, and consulting services to give you insights into all stages of food production at JJD Ranch. We are happy to share with you what we do, how we do it, and why we do it that particular way.

What we produce and how

Whether you are looking for ingredients for your favorite "chuck wagon" meal or just want some fresh home made bread, chances are we have at least some of what you will need. We are a small operation, so we do not grow absolutely everything, but we do have a wide variety of items to bring that farm fresh taste right to your table. We have remarkable foodstuffs for you in every category of items that we produce.

Pastured Meats - We are, first and foremost, a ranch. The majority of our operation is focused on producing the highest quality meats possible. We raise all of our livestock in the way that is most natural to them possible. They are free to graze on pasture that is primarily grasses and other forage that are simply native to our area. To learn more about our livestock and get information about the health benefits of our meats, take our virtual Pastured Meats Tour.

Fresh Produce - While we believe that our ranch meats are a very important part of a healthy diet, we know that we cannot live on meats alone. We need foods rich in carbs and fiber as well as some vitamins and minerals that are not found in meats to round out our dietary needs. So, we grow a wide variety of foodstuffs to complement our meats, and we make some of those items available to you as well.

  • Our seasonal produce is grown in areas that we call our Ranch Gardens where we grow fresh vegetables, fruits, cacti, edible flowers, and herbs and spices. We do not currently "green house", so our seasonal fresh produce is grown at the optimal time of year to produce happy healthy plants in this area. That means the produce from those plants is only available when it is in season or shortly thereafter. Take a virtual tour of our Ranch Gardens to see what we grow seasonally and to learn when you might expect it to be available for sale.


  • Our grown to order produce is especially important to maintaining healthy nutrient intake during times of the year when our seasonal produce is simply not available, such as in the early parts of the growing season when much of our produce is out of season. In our grow room, we grow several things specifically for you when you order them including, but not limited to micro-greens and micro-herbs which are very nutrient dense when eaten as baby plants. If you would like to know more about our grow room operation, please take a virtual tour of our Grown to Order Produce.
Connecting to your food

One of the things we find to be particularly surprising in our current society is that many people seem to have no real understanding of where some of their food comes from. It is not just a matter of they do not know which farming or ranching operation produced their food, or in which country it was grown, they may have no idea that our foods come from living plants and animals. Even foods that are produced in a laboratory setting originated with something that was living. There is a new trend to produce "cultured or cultivated" meats in a lab, but even those originate with cells that were harvested from living animals.

Unfortunately, as our supermarkets sell more and more "prepared" meals, and as more and more people obtain the majority of their meals from restaurants, people simply no longer see the raw product that went into those meals. Because of this, many are loosing an important connection to their sources of food, and they are accepting increasingly poorer sources of nutrition simply because they do not know what is in what they are eating. It is no longer just important to be sure you are eating a balanced diet; it is becoming critically important to be able to understand what some of those ingredients on food labels actually are. And, as people invent new words and phrases to describe things, it is important to know what those words actually mean.

Because one of the goals of JJD Ranch is to help preserve some of past farming and ranching practices, we offer a line of services online to help people who want to have a better understanding of their foods. Most of these services are at no cost to the consumer. We make our money from them through passive income strategies. A few of them require a subscription, and a few are available for a small charge. But, all are designed to help you have a deeper connection to the living things that are designed to be food for you.

Remarkable Foodstuffs - We have found out so many exciting things about food over the years, and we are excited to share what we have learned with you. Whether you are just looking for some good old fashioned recipes with minimally processed ingredients, information about the health benefits of your sources of food, or new and exciting ways to be certain that your food sources are respected and used fully, this section of our online services will be a help to you. Please take our virtual tour of Remarkable Foodstuffs to learn more. The majority of the information provided in this section of our site is free to you. We just ask you to "follow us" and be patient with ads as this section is funded through passive income sources. Among other things, in this section, we provide:

  • Ranch Recipes - Whether you are looking for a full "chuck wagon" style meal or a simple sweetbread to take to a gathering, we will share with you the recipes we have developed over the years both to sell as Cottage Foods and to provide examples of ways to use the things we produce. All of our recipes are made with minimally processed ingredients, and many are heirloom recipes that were used on small ranches or farms in the past.

  • Beneficial Foods - We are neither medical professionals nor nutritionists, but we do spend a lot of time making food choices to keep us as healthy as possible. In this section we provide information about the health benefits of many different kinds of foods, and we provide links to information about those benefits.

  • Please, DO Eat the Daisies - In this section we provide information about things you might not regularly think to eat. We believe that just as we should respect the lives of the animals that provide us with meat, we should also respect the lives of the plants that provide us with fruits, vegetables, and herbs and spices. Whether you are looking for information about edible flowers to use in making your food more interesting, or you want information about which parts of a plant are actually edible, we break down old traditions and move you toward using each plant you grow for as many sources of food as you can.

  • Ranch Stories - And in this section we simply share some of the fun and exciting moments we have had over the years and going forward as we have been on this journey to connect people to their food and to perserve ranching and farming practices that, if we are not careful, could become a dying art.

Education Services - We offer a variety of services to help you learn more about foods today, and we make them available in a variety of ways. To learn more about our Education Services or to participate in them, please take our virtual tour of the Ranch Learning Center. In our Learning Center, you will find:

  • The JJD Ranch Essential Knowledge and Skills - This is our own take on what people should experience and/or know in each age category in order to be well connected to their sources of food. Access to this list is provided by subscription.

  • Food Connections Learning Plans - We provide learning plans for homeschool, small group, and classroom educational events that are keyed to our JJD Ranch Essential Knowledge and Skills. We have both individual lesson plans and full unit plans of study available for sale by plan.

  • Interactive Scheduled Courses - For adult learners who realize that they need to get better connected to their food sources and want the experience of learning in a group lead by an instructor, we schedule as few courses throughout the year. The majority of these courses include small group interactions through social media platforms and/or virtual conferencing tools like FaceBook Groups or Google Meet. There is a small fee to pay our instructor for these classes.

  • Free OnDemand Classes - We also offer free self-study classes for adult learners through interactive web pages and/or social media such as YouTube.

Consultant Services - We hope that some of you will want to grow your own food. We think there is no better way to stay conntected to your food sources than to grow your own. We are not Master Gardeners, but we do have years of learning by experience. Of course, we have already made so many of the mistakes that young food producrs make. So, you can benefit from what we have learned from those mistakes. We also have a strong background in research methodology and organizational management. Whether you are developing an area inside your home to grow your own wheat grass, just trying or organize your planting chart for the year, or designing a whole new garden, our online consulting services can help you gather the information you will need and give you feedback as you develop your plans. Please take our virtual tour of Ranch Consultants to learn more about how you might use our consultants as you work to develop your own sources of food.