James Ranch — Local Food

James Ranch is in close proximity to Haviland Lake where we camped.  The James Ranch farm stand is only open on Saturdays this time of year, but we learned that Nature’s Oasis Natural Foods Market in Durango sells local food items from James Ranch and other farms.   It was a great store to stock up on quality food.  A few of the items we bought were locally raised pastured pork sausage and buffalo meat, organic veggies, artisan cheese and fresh potato-rosemary bread.  Also available were microbrews from a Durango brewery.  The store does carry grass-fed chicken, but I was disappointed that it was shipped all the way from Canada and therefore decided not to buy any.   It’s puzzling why I can’t find pastured chicken in an area with all the lush, green farmland as far as the eye can see.