Our Story
Why is Exclusively Pasture Raised Meat is Better for You and Our Environment?
Tony & Andrea Malmberg grew up ranching and since practicing Holistic Management have been raising beef and lamb, as nature intended. In addition, they support land managers internationally in learning to build functional environments, grow healthy soil, and mimic the natural processes in which our grasslands evolved.
Our cattle and sheep roam free on Ecological Outcome Verified grasslands. This means healthy, living soil. By choosing all-natural, exclusively pasture-raised meat, you receive a wealth of health benefits. As with organic beef and lamb, you avoid all the synthetic hormones, antibiotics, pesticide residues, and additives. In addition, exclusively pasture-raised meat gives you further nutritional advantages, such as:
Fewer calories;
Less "bad fat" (including saturated fat);
More omega-3 essential fatty acids;
More cancer-fighting CLA, beta-carotene, and vitamin E.
These benefits are the direct result of raising livestock exclusively on grass.
Remember...meat produced with grain will not have these benefits — even if certified organic. This is why exclusively pasture-raised meat is better for you and our environment.
We thoughtfully manage our cattle and sheep to restore the land — making a home for soil organisms, migrating songbirds, and wildlife with which we share our land. Raising cattle as nature intended takes longer, too (about a whole year longer than hormone-induced feedlot beef). But, by growing our cattle at nature's pace, we produce not only great-tasting beef and lamb but also contribute to restoring wildness to Oregon's Grasslands.
Slowly Growing Meat —
While Restoring Wildness
We have a vision of thriving family ranches, caring for the soil and water and the needs of the animals are a priority — the chance to grow up naturally. Complimenting these ranches are flourishing communities of people who want healthy food. We provide food connected to healthy soil and grown in a manner that enhances the health of the people who enjoy it and the land that creates it. Yet, food travels an average of two thousand miles before it gets to our plates. Since we can enhance ecological health and our local economy by eating closer to home, why accept this distance?
In the spirit of our vision, we want to give you the opportunity to:
Enjoy the best beef and lamb — slowly dry-aged and locally hand cut with care;
Have a personal relationship with the people who grow your meat so you know where and how it is grown;
Strengthen our local economy by keeping food dollars at home;
Maintain Oregon's open space and wildness by keeping ecologically sound ranches alive.