Rancher Finds Success in Old-Fashioned Farming Techniques

Manhattan Beach Farmers Market customers pick their own eggs from Kepner Farms' booth. Courtesy Kepner Farms

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif.—Carl Kepner, 48, owner of Kepner Farms, says his career is in his blood.

With Jewish-German farming ancestry on one side of his family and Spanish and Apache grocery store owners on the other, Kepner has found a happy medium as a small-scale rancher selling high-quality products at local farmers markets. And his customers are eating it up.