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Featured Purveyor: The Local Butcher Shop

Featured Purveyor: The Local Butcher Shop

Aaron & Monica Rocchino are living their dream. Three years ago the talented culinary couple opened The Local Butcher Shop; an artisan whole animal butchery in Berkeley’s touted “gourmet ghetto.”...

Featured Purveyor: The Local Butcher Shop

Aaron & Monica Rocchino are living their dream. Three years ago the talented culinary couple opened The Local Butcher Shop; an artisan whole animal butchery in Berkeley’s touted “gourmet ghetto.”...

It's Lambing Season!

It's Lambing Season!

If you wander out into our pastures right now you're likely to hear the sweet sound of tiny bleats echoing across the ranch. Everywhere we look there are spindly-legged newborn...

It's Lambing Season!

If you wander out into our pastures right now you're likely to hear the sweet sound of tiny bleats echoing across the ranch. Everywhere we look there are spindly-legged newborn...

What's the Buzz About?

What's the Buzz About?

There's a new buzz in the air at our ranch. Amid the sounds of our cattle and sheep, you're likely to hear the whirring of industrious honey bees at work....

What's the Buzz About?

There's a new buzz in the air at our ranch. Amid the sounds of our cattle and sheep, you're likely to hear the whirring of industrious honey bees at work....

How to Eat Grass-Fed and Save Money

How to Eat Grass-Fed and Save Money

Have you considered buying a whole, half, or quarter animal from our ranch? People often ask us about the most economical way to buy our grass-fed meat, and purchasing in...

How to Eat Grass-Fed and Save Money

Have you considered buying a whole, half, or quarter animal from our ranch? People often ask us about the most economical way to buy our grass-fed meat, and purchasing in...

Grass-Fed Goodness

Grass-Fed Goodness

What makes our meat different from the beef and lamb you can buy in most stores? The answer is simple: grass. Our cattle and sheep are grass-fed and finished, which...

Grass-Fed Goodness

What makes our meat different from the beef and lamb you can buy in most stores? The answer is simple: grass. Our cattle and sheep are grass-fed and finished, which...

Calving Season!

Calving Season!

Calving season is in full swing on the ranch. As the long, late summer days give way to early fall, our Angus heifers and cows are busy calving newborns in...

Calving Season!

Calving season is in full swing on the ranch. As the long, late summer days give way to early fall, our Angus heifers and cows are busy calving newborns in...