About Us

Co-Founder, Resident Gastronomist & Chicken Genetics Enthusiast

Hello from Medicine Springs Ranch in Carmen, Idaho! I’m Sadie, and for more than 25 years, my life has revolved around wellness, growing good food, and sharing what I’ve learned along the way.

My background is wonderfully varied—from studying yoga in the U.S. and India to apprenticing with an executive chef in a Michelin-starred restaurant. As a gastronomist, I believe great food begins long before the kitchen, with how we grow, raise, gather, and care for what we eat.

For many years, I also preserved and grafted antique apple varieties from historic Western homesteads. That fascination with plant genetics eventually led me to chickens, where I now focus on breeding beautiful egg colors and hardy birds suited to our mountain environment.

I love teaching yoga, cooking, organic gardening, foraging, and fermentation—and sharing practical ways to live well, eat well, and find joy in doing more for ourselves.

Co-Founder, Special Operations Pilot (Ret.) & Chicken Math Enabler

Wade is a retired CW-5 Army officer and Special Operations pilot who spent 25 years flying helicopters around the world and competed in fixed wing aerobatic planes. Through it all, the mountains of Montana and Idaho remained home.

A former All-American wrestler and coach, Wade shares the ranch’s love of an active, self-reliant lifestyle. He mostly stays behind the scenes, where his most important role may be supporting Sadie’s ever-expanding collection of chickens—earning him the official title of Chicken Math Enabler.

Together, Wade and Sadie have created Medicine Springs Ranch around good food, healthy living, self-reliance, curiosity, and a healthy dose of humor.