https://www.duttonranch.com/sustainability daily 0.75 2022-07-07 https://www.duttonranch.com/sustainability/project-one-hzfkt monthly 0.5 2022-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cb7bf1408e685e6e9dfe54/1624919357872-5GV4NOHF1R3PSVCW8X1W/Steve.jpg Sustainability - Responsible Land Use All of our orchards are certified organic by CCOF and all of our vineyards are certified sustainable as well as Fish Friendly Farming. When possible, we use cover crops for erosion control, water absorption, and as a means of putting nitrogen back into the soil. For California farmers, nothing is more precious than water. Many of our older, well-established vineyards are dry farmed using little or no irrigation, we constantly monitor the need for irrigation in order to ensure we are only irrigating when necessary and use emitters for efficient water usage. The emitters ensure that when water is needed, it is being applied directly to the vine so there is no loss due to run off or evaporation. We have also invested heavily in irrigation ponds on several of our sites in order to capture rain water during the wet season so we don’t have to rely on groundwater usage during the dry summer months. We have also developed programs to limit machinery in the vineyards lowering fuel usage and reducing compaction of the earth. We recycle glass, cardboard, paper, tires, batteries, plastic, steel and other scrap metals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cb7bf1408e685e6e9dfe54/1624920430609-6Z9XPAQ58MILUYCA2CUK/IMG_0458.JPG Sustainability - Responsible Land Use - We have also heavily invested in solar electricity. Many of our buildings at our ranches are equipped with solar panels. We use the solar panels to power our main office and the mechanic shop, as well as our employee housing and family housing we provide for our employees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cb7bf1408e685e6e9dfe54/1628178845036-2J7QRT774PM4681MGRY6/DSCF0028.jpg Sustainability - Responsible Land Use https://www.duttonranch.com/sustainability/project-three-gb775 monthly 0.5 2022-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cb7bf1408e685e6e9dfe54/1628199118717-C52HK76MT6LA0LUCAFRL/JJJS.jpg Sustainability - Commitment to our Employees - Back in 1969, Gail and Warren hired two employees, Juan Sanchez and Jose Aceves, who still work with us today and Jose’s son is now a manager at Dutton Ranch. Steve and Joe partnered with these employees and their families to buy property in Sonoma County, right next door to our main office. The employees raised their families in the houses they now owned on this property and Steve and Joe farmed the vineyard. This model was so successful they went on to do it with two more families who had worked with us for decades. This partnership between the Dutton family and employee families has had great success and provided opportunities for everyone. There are many other dedicated employees who have families here in the United States and for these employees we provide family houses on our ranches that we rent to them at below market rates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cb7bf1408e685e6e9dfe54/85773a2e-577f-448d-adc6-3e20c9b38086/PIC.jpg Sustainability - Commitment to our Employees - In addition, we also provide free housing to our employees on our main ranch where our office is located. We have five dormitory style houses that can provide housing for 130 employees where they live rent free. Many of our employees are here on H2A visas which allows them to work in agriculture in the United States legally during the growing season and then return home to their families in Mexico. We have been using this program for fifteen years, the H2A program is a great resource that allows people the ability to work in the United States and return to their homes and families in Mexico every year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cb7bf1408e685e6e9dfe54/1628184510917-4O9UOWYZ67G2U06QPHUR/IMG_0546.JPG Sustainability - Commitment to our Employees - Many employees work for us through this program for a few years and use the opportunities and income it provides for them to start their own businesses in Mexico. We also have employees who have been using this program for all fifteen years and enjoy the work as well as the opportunities it provides for them and their families. Our retention rate is very high and we pride ourselves on hiring families and friends to create a sense of community. We have many employees who have brought their brothers, uncles, cousins, and children to come and work with them using our H2A program. https://www.duttonranch.com/sustainability/project-two-agknt monthly 0.5 2022-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cb7bf1408e685e6e9dfe54/1628285995572-EL3Y3RO7RVUP5QBHDCJG/Picture1.jpg Sustainability - Community Involvement - At Dutton Ranch we are committed to being respectful and considerate neighbors. We often donate barbeques put on at our main office to local charity auctions. We also give tours of our farm to local schools in order to educate them about agriculture and show them our operation. We are active members in the FarmTrails and offer our time and equipment every year in order to help them put on the annual Gravenstein Apple Fair. 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