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Rooted in Community: Scenes From Our Ranch Tour
The crunch of the car tires making their way up the driveway, the anticipation of the day while anything is still possible, coffee in our mugs, potential energy brimming. We greeted the ranch tour participants and oriented them to the day. The sky was a particular bright blue, the birds and butterflies busy with work as we made our way up the road to our first stop at the old bay tree on Sonoma Mountain Institute. This bay tree is over 100 years old. Sharing the land with the
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How Much Meat Do You Actually Get From an 1/8 Cow?
The Quick Answer: An 1/8 Share from Grounded Grassfed typically provides 60–80 pounds of 100% grass-fed and finished beef. Surprisingly, this bounty fits into just 2 cubic feet of freezer space—which is about half of a standard top-mount fridge freezer. It is the perfect amount for a household of 1–2 people to enjoy premium beef for months. What is a cow share? Buying a "share" means you are purchasing a portion of a single animal that is harvested locally and processed for
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The Who
If you’re new here, welcome! We wanted to introduce ourselves and what drives us. We are a family run business and wholly committed to regenerating ecology and producing healthy, tasty beef. We came to this work because we love the natural world and we believe that properly managed herbivores are one of the best tools for healing the land. We began our careers in gardening and permaculture, but found a strong pull to garden on a larger scale than backyards. How do we tend th
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Successful Beef Pick Up Day 2025
Thank you for a fabulous beef pick up day this year! Thank you for making this year’s pick up day a hit. It brings us great joy to share what we do with our community, and look everyone in the eye and say thank you. We appreciate the questions you brought and your dedication to good, local food. The day began with welcomed overcast skies as we gathered for the tour. After walking on the ranch and in the fields, we returned to the barn, grabbed blankets and chairs and headed u
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