About Us

Hello from Medicine Springs Ranch in Carmen, Idaho!

I have been collecting and grafting old fruit varieties from original homesteads in the west, and over the past 15 years have worked to develop new fruit varieties. In 2026, that project will sunset as I have moved on to chicken genetics, which allows for much faster results and is a lot more fun! In addition to my background in fruit development and environmental services, I have attended yoga schools in the USA and India, and completed a one-year apprenticeship with an executive chef in a Michelin restaurant. For over 25 years, I have been teaching yoga, fermenting, foraging, cooking, breeding chickens, and organic gardening classes. 

Wade is a retired CW-5 Army officer who served for 25 years as a Special Operations pilot. We have traveled and lived all over the world but have always had a place in Montana or Idaho as our ‘Base’. Living clean and joyful is our way of life. Please let us share some of our techniques! 

Sadie Ayala

Certified Yoga Instructor and Ayurvedic Practitioner, Chef, Gastronomist, Master Gardener Instructor, Genetics Enthusiast 

Wade Ayala 

Retired CW5, helicopter and fixed wing pilot (including aerobatics!), All-American wrestler and coach. He is also an enabler of chicken math, and for that, I am beyond grateful!