Pastured Meats
At Paicines Ranch we work to regenerate ecosystems while growing delicious, healthy, nutritious food and distributing that food locally.
We practice holistic management and use planned grazing on 7500 acres of organic crop and rangeland. Our cattle, sheep, turkeys, pigs, and chickens move across the landscape, helping us increase biodiversity, grow healthy soil, and sequester carbon to mitigate climate change. Every day is a challenge to combine human creativity with solar energy and the brilliance of nature.
Our pastured meats are produced in a way that is better for the animals, the people, and the planet – you will taste the difference!
Here are 6 great reasons to eat our pastured meat:
Superior Taste & Quality
Our pastured animals move across our rangeland and forage for the diverse plants and nutrition they need at that moment, creating exceptionally flavorful meat that customers consistently say tastes better than conventional alternatives.
Regenerate Land & Ecosystems
Our livestock are our partners in healing ecosystems, building healthy soil, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle, and sequestering carbon to help combat climate change through holistic planned grazing. Learn more about our livestock operations and land management here.
Animal Welfare Excellence
Our animals live as nature intended - cattle and sheep graze expansive pastures, pigs root and forage, poultry scratch and roost freely. This natural lifestyle reduces stress, eliminates the need for routine antibiotics, and allows animals to express their instinctive behaviors rather than being confined in industrial facilities.
Supports Local Community
Over 80% of the beef industry in the United States is controlled by a handful of very large companies, and only a small percentage of the dollars you spend at the grocery store go to the farmer or rancher who raised the animal. When you buy food from a local producer, those dollars stay in the local community – in our case, San Benito County – and help rural communities and livelihoods stay viable.
Healthier for You
Our animals are raised on organic-certified pastures without routine antibiotics, synthetic hormones, or chemical treatments, producing cleaner, more nutritious meat with higher levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and key micronutrients. Regenerative practices create healthier soil and plants, which translates directly to more nutrient-dense meat that supports your overall wellness.
Transparency & Trust
We are local producers you can visit, ask questions, have a meal, and see exactly how your food is raised - we strive to always be in relationship with our customers!
Delivery & Pick-up
Orders can be picked up on-site at Paicines Ranch or in Mountain View, Aptos and Monterey, and we offer deliveries in Hollister. Please sign up for our email list for all of the latest information.
Enjoy A Meal at the Overlook
The Overlook Dining Hall at Paicines Ranch showcases our own pastured meats alongside seasonal organic ingredients through expertly crafted menus, from casual Thursday lunches to curated farm-to-table dinners. Our dining hall features a state-of-the-art kitchen, wood-fired oven, and spectacular views of the ranch and Gabilan mountains. Experience true farm-to-table dining where you can taste the landscape we're regenerating, paired with regenerative wines from our own vineyard.
Regenerative Agriculture
Paicines Ranch's rangeland and livestock management is a model of regenerative agriculture in action. Through careful integration of livestock and holistic land management, the program demonstrates how agricultural production can work in harmony with natural ecosystems while producing high-quality food products.
Audubon-Certified
In 2025, the National Audubon Society recognized Paicines Ranch as earning the bird-friendly land certification through Audubon's Conservation Ranching program. This certification recognizes our commitment to managing our rangeland for the benefit of birds and biodiversity. Products grazed on bird-friendly land and sold under the Paicines Ranch brand now carry the Audubon Certified Bird-Friendly seal, a special package label that calls out the conservation achievement for consumers.
Our Customers Keep Coming Back for Delicious Meat
"Paicines Ranch not only produces great yearling lambs, (which I have had the honor or working with several times each year), but also raise these pasture animals with integrity of the animal and their relationship with the land-A concept that many ranchers and meat producers are not prioritizing in the industry. My experience with their lamb has been influential to my understanding of ‘pasture raised’. Understanding how these animals have evolved to live and thrive and bringing that concept into the kitchen for the full circle experience has inspired me to be more conscious as a Chef."
– Chef YJ Yi, International Culinary Center
"Paicines beef tastes like the meat my mom served when I was growing up in the 1950s. It's so nice to enjoy beef again. I have tried grass fed beef from other sources, and have found nothing as good as the beef from this ranch."
– Kathey H.
"We have been making tasty dishes from all around the world using various cuts of Paicines lamb. The meat is delicious, very lean and lends itself well to gently braised favorites such as Moroccan spiced lamb shanks, Lamb Madras, or slow roasted bone-in leg of lamb for a traditional Scottish Sunday dinner. The round steaks are meaty and lean and are great for a quick char grilled option. Love having the opportunity to buy lamb raised just a few miles away when the alternatives invariably come from Australia and New Zealand."
– Sarah M., Thyme Catering
"Ground beef was awesome all the way around. Best hamburgers we've ever had, that's what the kids said too (8 and 5 years old)."
– Carl C.
"This weekend, we bought your only brisket. Then, I bought another one at (local up-scale market with butcher), and with our dinner guests, we did the taste test. We all agreed – without a doubt – your grass fed brisket was far and away better than (up-scale market’s)."
– Beth H.
"I have had a lot of pasture raised turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but none were as good as this one. There was much more meat on the bird, both dark and white, than I have seen before. The drumsticks were huge! And it was delicious, tender and very tasty. We cooked it slowly, at 250 degrees in a smoker, and the result was amazing. The white meat was very moist when the dark meat was fully cooked."
-Louise
"We tried the hickory smoked bacon and it was heavenly!! So tender and flavorful - neither of us has ever tasted bacon that good!"
-Diane & Gene G.