About
Welcome to The Essential Guide to Sustainable Ranch Life and Horse Care—an approachable, practical course for anyone drawn to ranch living, responsible horsemanship, and community service. Built around Circle D Ranch’s day-to-day experience in Rockford, IL, you’ll learn how to care for horses with a sustainability mindset, reduce waste, protect pasture health, and support safe, confident routines for riders of all ages. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to assess horse wellbeing, create a simple care and feeding checklist, plan turnout and pasture rotation basics, choose environmentally mindful supplies, and apply emergency preparedness steps. You’ll also understand how ranchers can strengthen youth and veteran programs by using safe, repeatable learning activities. Join to gain real skills you can use immediately and to support a ranch culture that gives back.
You can also join this program via the mobile app. Go to the app