The Most Sustainable, Nutrient-Dense, Plant-Based Protein Money Can Buy!

We are currently selling shares of beef ranging from 1/16th to whole steers. Our prices are competitive with less ecologically ambitious grassfed producers, and are discounted when you buy in bulk, so consider pooling friends to place an order. Select below and prepay. We prefer to harvest in spring but have the ability to harvest year round. After you place and purchase an order you will be contacted for delivery/pick up arrangements. If storage is an issue you can contact us for incremental deliveries.

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Beef Shares

1/16th cow at $11.50 per pound $250 for approx 22 lbs.  Approximately a full grocery bag (+-  .75 cubic ft) which should fit in a standard refrigerator freezer.

1/16 Beef Share

1/8th cow at $11.00 per pound is $485 for approx 44 lbs. Two full grocery bags (+- 1.5 cubic ft). You might start shopping for a chest freezer. 

1/8 Beef Share

1/4th cow at $10.50 per pound $925 for approx 88 lbs.  (+- 3 cubic ft) You will need a small chest freezer.

1/4 Beef Share

1/2 cow at $10 per pound $1750 for approx 175 lbs. (+- 6 cubic ft) You will need a medium chest freezer.

1/2 Beef Share

Whole animal at $9 per pound is $3,150 for approx 350 lbs. (+- 12 cubic ft)You will need a large chest freezer.

Whole Beef Share

Shares are broken down approximately at 32% ground, 32% braise & stew, 23% steaks and 13% broth bones, marrow bones and healthy organ meats (please specify if you have a preference with regards to bones and organ meats).

Here is a sample sheet of cuts you would get for a 16th and 1/8th share. 

Inquire about custom cutting for 1/2 and Whole Shares.

About the herd

Holistic Ag is a mixed class single herd cow/calf to finish operation located on Pepperwood Preserve, a 3,200 acre research and educational center in Sonoma County. Our Black Angus and Wagyu-Angus cows are bred here, born here and finished here on grass–we don’t feed hay or grain, or medicate.  Ever.  As a result our cattle eat everything in the pasture and woods they live in.  It hasn’t been easy to adapt them to this wild system but after years of sensitive management we are more convinced every day that cattle are a perfectly good proxy for extinct mega fauna. They actual think they are wildlife.
(to be honest we did have to feed hay temporarily in transition to alternate grazing land as a result of the Tubbs Fire but it is not usually a part of our management).

Holistic Ag was founded by Aaron Lucich after he toured the planet in search of a survivable agriculture. Along the way he met folks like Allan Savory and Joel Salatin and learned about the ecological and dietary benefits of holistically managed, pasture based livestock.

Here at Pepperwood, we work closely with ecologists and land managers to nimbly graze according to the goals of restoring and protecting biodiversity, building soil, sequestering carbon, and researching our impact. The wide range of forage at Pepperwood means our beef has a deliciously complex terroir specific to its bioregion.

We believe in managing animals in a way that facilitates the expression of their psychological complexity; as such, our cows love kicking up their heels, scrambling on rocks, playing tag with birds, basking in the shady oaks, and snuggling their herd mates.

Come harvest time, we haul our mature steer to the nearby Marin-Sun Farms in Petaluma, an Animal Welfare Approved slaughter house where animals are treated with the utmost consideration and respect in their final hours. This makes for a humane harvest and better meat.

To place an order directly or for questions about pricing, delivery to SF, freezer space, cuts, why you should eat our beef in a drought, and so on, contact Aaron at alucich@inprocessmedia.com or (415) 377 – 8269.

Thank you for supporting our critical work.