The Striking A Story.....

 Our cow herd had its humble beginning way back in 1991. For the last 18 years we've been working on producing quality beef calves for the commodity market; we run our cows on grass year round and sell their calves to stockers or feedlots. However, we have always believed that a grass fed system, where the cattle are kept on pasture throughout the entire process, made more sense on a lot of levels. It would be better for the cattle (no dorm style living or unnatural diets), better for the planet (less fuel used on transport, fewer water quality issues) and better for people (grass fed meat has lots of health benefits). To make the transition, however, seemed daunting; it meant changing the way things had been done for years. 

Welcome to our website! We are now serving northern California!

We decided to take the plunge. Making the transition with the animals was easy -- our animals have always been raised on a grass diet without hormones or prophylactic antibiotics. We are pleased to be offering these direct to you for the first time, and will be finishing the first handful of animals on pasture to be ready for market in May of 2010. Check out our beef page for cow stories and our start up special. For our first customers we are offering a substantial discount on already competitive pricing. Please look over our policies and let us know if you have any input. This is an evolving process  and we realize that it won't work for us unless it works for you. Rest assured that we have the highest commitment to quality and would not offer anything we are not proud of. We hope you enjoy the website. It is still a work in progress so check back often for more photos and updates. We'd also like to extend an offer to come visit the ranch and see all this stuff in person.

Hang on, what about the goats? Nobody has said anything about the goats! And there's a lot to be said, ask any of our neighbors. Check out the goat page for the scoop.