Meat Farms & Ranches near Waimea, HI

Waimea

Mills was born in East Texas and originally studied performance art and opera at Centenary College of Louisiana, before deciding to focus on cooking. He attended the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco and worked with many of the city’s great chefs, eventually working up to becoming a chef himself. In 1999, Mills moved to Hawai’i Island to focus more on farm and ranch work. He was the Executive Chef for Roaring Lion Ranch Hawai’i and Montana for 10 years until his first daughter Hali’a

Waimea

Parker Ranch in Waimea on Hawai'i Island has ranched the slopes of Mauna Kea and the Kohala mountains for over 175 years — home of the paniolo, Hawai'i's cowboys, whose history intertwines with Hawaiian royalty. Parker Ranch 1847 beef is locally born, grass-fed, and finished on-island, sold in curated boxes, while visitors enjoy self-guided historic home tours, hunting packages, and the annual July 4th rodeo.

Honokaa

Paauilo

Hāmākua Meat Processors is situated on the Hāmākua Coast, on the island of Hawaiʻi. This region is known for its lush pastureland, perfect for raising livestock. Owner/General Manager Brad DeLuz sources cattle for Farm Link from several Big Island ranchers. These cattle are born locally and pasture-raised in Hawai'i. They are 100% grass-fed and grass-finished. Each animal is individually selected to ensure it is of the highest quality. After initial processing by Hāmākua Meat Processors, the bee

Paauilo

Hawaii Beef Producers has run a USDA-inspected processing plant in Paauilo, on the Big Island, since 2003, slaughtering and packing beef under the Hawaii Big Island Beef label. The operation supplies grass-fed, island-raised beef to grocers and restaurants across Hawaii, keeping local beef on shelves that would otherwise come in frozen from the mainland.