Meat Farms & Ranches near Cottage Grove, WI

Cottage Grove

Weber Pastures began when Bill Weber turned a Cottage Grove cornfield into ponds and pasture — then came home from a 2008 Thanksgiving auction with four cows and calves and never looked back. Modeled on Joel Salatin's Polyface Farm, the Madison-area operation now runs about 60 head of grass-fed beef, "way too many chickens to count," and pigs, on sun, grass, and water.

Madison

Opened in 2021 by owners Pip Freeman & Jenny Griep, Meat People is a specialty whole animal butcher shop. This means that (unlike most conventional meat) we purchase the entire animal directly from local farmers and utilize every last part. We carry pasture-raised beef, pork, lamb, and chicken. All of our meat is sourced from Wisconsin farms that practice responsible land stewardship and humane treatment of the animals. We receive fresh meat deliveries every week. Our butchers and staff are pass

Brooklyn

Cox Hill Farm is Caitlin and Reed Cox's small family farm in Brooklyn, Wisconsin, pasture-raising chicken, turkey, and pigs with regenerative practices — the pasture feeds the animals, the animals feed the land. Livestock move regularly to fresh forage with local non-GMO supplemental feed and no antibiotics, steroids, or hormones, sold via CSA, delivery, and pickup locations.

Belleville

Watertown

Mindemann Farms in Watertown, Wisconsin raises purebred Angus — the highest-marbling breed — in small groups on grain and hay without artificial hormones or antibiotics, alongside 1,900 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, and hay. Freezer beef sells as halves and quarters (dry-aged about two weeks at a state-inspected locker), with lean ground beef available year-round.