Alexandre Family Farm

Where the redwoods meet the sea in northern California’s Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, we, Blake and Stephanie Alexandre, and our five children have poured our combined generations of dairy know-how into our farms. We are strong proponents of sustainable organic farm practices, nutritional education and environmental stewardship.

We started dairying in 1988 within arid southern California where I grew up, but Blake knew he wanted to get back to his beloved pastures in northern California. When the opportunity arose in 1992 to buy an existing operation in Del Norte County, just two hours north of the Alexandre home farm in Humboldt County, we seized it. We converted our dairy to organic farming in the late 90’s, taking our love of farming to the next level. When it comes to grazing cows, we’re not new to it. We are the 4th generation on our Ferndale grazing dairy in Humboldt County. Knowing that organic production was the way of our grandfathers, this was a new/old way to farm.

Today, we operate four grass-based organic dairies in Humboldt and Del Norte County, with 4,200 crossbred milk cows on 4,300 acres of irrigated pasture. We grow the majority of our own hay on approximately 2,500 acres of organic cropland in Modoc County in the Northeastern part of California.

With five kids growing up across the street from the dairy, learning to drive tractors at age 6, they quickly learned the way of the land. All of the kids are involved in day-to-day activities on the farm each with different, bright passions for agriculture. We treasure the opportunity for our kids to come back and help run the farms alongside us in the future.