Jim Malooley

Jim Malooley is a first-generation farmer and shepherd. After attending Purdue and Boise State Universities, Jim worked in project management on institutional construction projects. He and his wife’s shared lifelong interest in agriculture led them to depart their careers and found Yellowbird Farms in 2012 in McMinnville, TN. Their goal was to apply Jim’s engineering background and the tools available through EBVs and the National Sheep Improvement Program to develop a commercial flock of sheep adapted to the Southeast. Jim and the Yellowbird flock joined Silicon Ranch and its Regenerative Energy program in 2021 marking the final step in SRC’s development of a self-owned, self-managed, livestock-based, holistic land management unit.