Big Picture Ranch founders Rebecca and Josh Tickell — who directed the hit doc ‘Common Ground’ — moved from L.A. to Ventura County in 2012 to be closer to nature and to pursue the latest subject for their climate-centric films: soil. Two llamas are bounding up a small hill in Ojai, drawn to the sounds of filmmaker Rebecca Tickell yelling in a high-pitched voice, “Rama! Yoda!” Tickell has in her hand a bucket full of feed, and the two shaggy, snow-colored mammals are ready to eat.

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