Slide Ranch

Located on the Pacific Coast a thirty-minute drive north of San Francisco, Slide Ranch is a nonprofit educational farm situated in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Since 1970, Slide Ranch has taught visitors about the impact our choices have on food, health, and the environment, through hands-on activities and independent exploration of our farm and coastal wild lands. Food is a central theme at Slide, where we teach thousands of visitors each year that every bite of food connects us to the soil, sun, water, and air, and to the people who work to feed us.

Slide Ranch’s mission is to connect children and people of all ages to the outdoors and partner with community groups, families and educators to provide transformative learning experiences on our organic farm and national park land along the California coast. At Slide, students experience wonder and a sense of belonging to the ecosystem, as they engage in innovative curricula aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. 

Program participants learn to care for farm animals and gardens, explore miles of wildland trails, discover ocean tide pools, and sometimes camp overnight. We customize each teaching program to meet the learning needs of groups of all ages and backgrounds, focusing particularly on elementary school-aged children. Approximately 75% of our school and community programs support under-served populations.