A Cut Above Butcher Shop

Santa Monica, CA

A Cut Above Butcher Shop is a whole-animal butcher on Santa Monica Boulevard in Santa Monica, specializing in humanely raised, pasture-raised meats and poultry and grass-fed beef with friendly neighborhood service. Open Tuesday through Sunday, the shop also serves a daily sandwich menu until 4 PM.

Alhambra Valley Beef and Silver Springs Ranch

Martinez, CA

Alhambra Valley Beef and Pears is a small family ranch in the Alhambra Valley/Briones agricultural preserve near Martinez, formed from two neighboring family ranches joined by marriage in 1941. The ranch raises 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef with no grain, pastured pork on a locally milled feed, chickens, and pears, with a commitment to humane livestock handling.

Avenales Ranch Beef

Avenales Ranch beef was born from a dinner with the family's near-centenarian grandfather: raise cattle on the feed of the land and dry-age no less than 21 days — 27 is best. The California ranch now offers organically raised, GAP-4 and Audubon certified, grass-fed and finished beef dry-aged 27 days, sold as quarters, halves, and wholes with $50 shipping anywhere in California, plus its own butcher shop and small-lot wines.

Barons Quality Meats & Seafood

San Francisco, CA

Barons Quality Meats & Seafood is a Bay Area butcher on Park Street in Alameda dedicated to top-quality meat, poultry, and seafood raised humanely with minimal environmental impact. The shop's signature marinades pair its cuts with chef-table flavor, ready for the grill.

Bear River Valley Beef

Ferndale, CA

For over 38 years, the family behind Bear River Valley Beef has raised cattle on pasture in Ferndale, on Northern California's Lost Coast. Every animal is born and raised on their land, kept on grass 100% of the time, and handled with low-stress, humane practices — producing USDA-inspected, all-natural beef with no antibiotics or added hormones, available as individual cuts, ranch packages, and bulk beef with shipping.

Bear River Valley Beef

Ferndale, CA

Bear River Valley Beef raises all-natural, 100% grass-fed cattle in Ferndale on the Lost Coast, where the family has farmed for more than 38 years. Cattle stay on pasture year-round under humane, low-stress handling with no antibiotics or added hormones, and the USDA-inspected beef ships as individual cuts, ranch packages, and bulk orders — the same beef the family eats daily.

Bear River Valley Beef

Ferndale, CA

Bear River Valley Beef is a small family farm in Ferndale on Northern California's Lost Coast, raising all-natural, 100% grass-fed cattle on pasture year-round for over 38 years. The USDA-inspected beef comes from cattle raised under humane, low-stress conditions with no antibiotics or added hormones, sold as ranch packages, bulk beef, and individual cuts with reasonable shipping.

Brite Creek Farms

Tehachapi, CA

Brite Creek Farm is the Shipman family's farm in Tehachapi, California, born twenty years ago from a health-driven rethink of food and farming. The farm raises 100% grass-fed, dry-aged beef, pastured chicken, turkey, and eggs, and grows vegetables, flowers, and fruit without pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers — sold from the on-farm store (open Wednesday through Saturday) and delivered direct to doors across Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada, including bulk whole, half, and quarter beef.

Buy Ranch Direct

Huntington Beach, CA

Buy Ranch Direct is a cooperative of family-owned ranches based at Diamond Mountain Ranch in the Sierra Nevada, raising 100% grass-fed and grass-finished heritage-breed animals on certified organic grasses with no corn, soy, shots, steroids, hormones, or antibiotics. The co-op sells freezer-filler boxes of beef, bison, pork, and chicken at Southern California farmers markets including Huntington Beach, plus warehouse pickup and home delivery, with a 5% membership discount program.

Carrisito Ranch

Santa Ysabel, CA

Carrisito Ranch is a fourth-generation family cattle ranch on Highway 79 in the Santa Ysabel Valley, selling beef on the hoof by the half or whole plus USDA-processed butcher boxes, ground beef, brisket, picanha, and snack sticks. The ranch also raises heritage-breed pork, lamb, goat, and free-range Thanksgiving turkeys, with monthly pickup days on the second Friday and Saturday and additional pickup at the Julian Cider Mill.

Casey Redtail Ranch

Casey Redtail Ranch continues a family tradition begun when Irish emigrant Jeremiah Casey homesteaded southern Monterey County, California in 1861 — antibiotic- and hormone-free, grass-fed and finished beef raised free range on the Central Coast. Short-duration, high-density grazing builds soil and forage health, and USDA-butchered beef sells in eighth "sampler" through full shares.

Chileno Valley Ranch

Petaluma, CA

Chileno Valley Ranch sits in a spectacular valley in the rolling hills of coastal Marin outside Petaluma, where ranchers Mike and Sally Gale have sold grass-fed beef and lamb direct to families for 17 years. Each fall the ranch opens its orchard for reservation-only u-pick apples, and the property also hosts weddings and volunteer days supporting sustainable agriculture and wildlife habitat.

Clove And Hoof

Oakland, CA

Clove & Hoof is an Oakland restaurant on Broadway serving a butcher-driven menu of classics — the burger and the cheesesteak lead the list — alongside a rotating slate of kitchen specials and Sunday brunch. Open daily from 11 AM to 8 PM with online ordering for pickup and delivery.

Crown H Cattle

Etna, CA

At Crown H Cattle Company, the Hanna family raises Belted Galloway heritage cattle on their ranch in Etna, California, growing their own hay and finishing the cattle naturally on the ranch. Belties are a heritage breed prized for temperament and foraging ability, and the resulting beef — dry-aged 14 to 20 days and humanely processed locally — ships monthly in insulated dry-ice boxes, with Bay Area delivery and free local delivery.

Crown H Cattle

Etna, CA

Crown H Cattle Company raises Belted Galloway heritage cattle naturally on the Hanna family's ranch in Etna, in far northern California — they even grow their own hay. The beef is humanely processed and dry-aged locally for 14 to 20 days, then shipped monthly in insulated boxes, with delivery to the Bay Area and free local delivery.

C&R Ranch

C&R Ranch raises sustainably grown, grass-fed, all-natural California beef with holistic ranching at its core — humane treatment, healthy soil, and thriving plant life produce quality beef for family and friends.

Da Le Ranch

Lake Elsinore, CA

Da-Le Ranch is a small, family-operated ranch on over 100 scenic acres in the hills of Lake Elsinore, in Southern California's Inland Empire. The ranch specializes in farm-fresh, grass-fed meats and free-range eggs raised ethically without hormones, steroids, or antibiotics, with pre-orders and a showroom on Mesa Rim Road in San Diego.

Eel River Grassfed Beef

Eel River Organic Beef is a small family-run operation in Humboldt County, California whose grass-fed, grass-finished cattle graze thousands of acres of lush green pasture year-round with open space, fresh air, and clean water. Organic steaks, ground beef, and extras ship nationwide with free shipping over $199, plus a pet store line from the same pristine country.

Estrada Grass Fed Beef

Estrada Grass Fed Beef is a family-owned ranch and premiere grass-fed beef provider in Santa Cruz County, California, selling traditional, authentic beef directly to local consumers as whole, three-quarter, half, and quarter carcasses. Animals are processed by a USDA-certified butcher and cut and wrapped to each customer's specifications.

Family Friendly Farms

Grass Valley, CA

Family Friendly Farms is a Northern California family farm in Grass Valley that has ranched for over twenty years, offering 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef and lamb, free-range and pasture-raised chicken, and pasture-raised pork — no added hormones, antibiotics, corn, soy, or GMOs. The farm began at a local farmers market booth and still offers farmers-market prices through its online store, from individual cuts up to whole shares, plus home delivery and local pickup.

Family Friendly Farms

Grass Valley, CA

Family Friendly Farms began over twenty years ago with a booth at a Grass Valley farmers market and a desire to raise naturally grown, humanely treated animals. The Northern California family farm sells 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef and lamb, pasture-raised pork, and free-range chicken — never any hormones, antibiotics, corn, soy, or GMOs — at farmers-market prices online, from single cuts to whole shares, with transparent at-cost shipping, home delivery, and local pickup.

Fouch Farms

Mariposa, CA

Fouch Farms is a small family farm in Mariposa, California — Hannah, Jesse, and their four kids — raising humanely handled, grass-fed beef born and finished on their own ranch. The farm uses holistic management, MIG and mob grazing, no-till planting, and compost, never uses chemicals or GMOs, and sells whole beef at $11.25 per pound with free California delivery via drop points.

J Bar S Ranch

Ukiah, CA

A family operation since 1986, J Bar S Ranch raises bison on open range along Highway 20 outside Ukiah in Mendocino County. The herd lives on grass with a specially designed pellet finish, yielding minimally processed bison steaks, roasts, burgers, and BBQ sauce sold direct — with recipes, grilling guides, and a virtual ranch tour on the ranch's site.

J Bar S Ranch

Ukiah, CA

J Bar S Ranch is a family-run bison ranch in Ukiah, California, locally owned and raising bison since 1986 on the rolling hills and open ranges of Mendocino County. Grass is always the herd's primary diet, finished with specially designed pellets, producing minimally processed bison steaks, burgers, roasts, and BBQ sauce with no artificial ingredients — plus ranch tours.

J Bar S Ranch

Ukiah, CA

J Bar S Ranch has raised bison on open Mendocino County range since 1986, a family operation on Highway 20 outside Ukiah. Grass leads the herd's diet with a pellet finish for tenderness and flavor, and the ranch sells minimally processed bison steaks, roasts, burgers, and BBQ sauce alongside cooking guides and a virtual tour.

J Bar S Ranch

Ukiah, CA

Locally owned since 1986, J Bar S Ranch raises bison on the rolling hills and open ranges of Mendocino County near Ukiah, California. The family-run ranch keeps grass as the herd's primary diet with a pellet finish for tenderness, selling minimally processed bison steaks, burgers, and roasts with no artificial ingredients, and offering virtual ranch tours.

Jones Family Farm & Ranch

Jones Family Farm & Ranch is a small family operation on Stone Jug Road in Sutter Creek, Amador County, California, raising pork, free-range chicken, eggs, and livestock with a commitment to giving every animal the best possible life. The ranch promotes sustainable, humane farming and sells farm-fresh eggs, poultry, and pork through its online store with harvest waitlists.

Kai Wagyu

Costa Mesa, CA

Kai Wagyu in Costa Mesa specializes in premium A5 Japanese Wagyu and Australian Wagyu, partnering directly with cattle farms in Hokkaido, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima to ship authentic, restaurant-grade beef to home tables. The lineup runs from ribeyes, NY strips, and filet mignon to shabu shabu slices, burgers, caviar, and curated gift bundles, all raised without GMOs, antibiotics, or hormones.

Leftcoast Grassfed

Pescadero, CA

LeftCoast GrassFed comes from TomKat Ranch in Pescadero, home of the TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation, which demonstrates regenerative rangeland management on working land. The ranch practices planned grazing, rest and recovery, biodiversity stewardship, and soil building to provide healthy food while restoring water cycles and capturing carbon.

M & A Ranch

Browns Valley, CA

M&A Ranch is a small family-owned cattle ranch in Browns Valley, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, raising Angus cattle on the same property since 1980. The herd — bred with New Zealand Turihaua Angus and Akaushi Wagyu genetics — is 100% grass-fed and grass-finished on native and irrigated pastures with no grain, antibiotics, added hormones, or GMOs, sold as half-beef shares butchered at the ranch, typically through a waiting list.

M & A Ranch

Browns Valley, CA

Established in 1980 in the Sierra Nevada foothills at Browns Valley, M&A Ranch has spent four decades refining grass-fed Angus genetics, blending New Zealand Turihaua Station bloodlines with Akaushi Wagyu. Calves are born and raised on the ranch on native and irrigated pasture — never grain, antibiotics, hormones, or insecticides — and sold as half-beef shares butchered at the ranch, usually through a first-come waiting list.

Marin Coast Ranch

Marin Coast Ranch is a sixth-generation Sonoma-Marin family operation producing USDA Certified Grassfed, dry-aged beef and grass-fed lamb — regenerative, certified natural, and the only active full-life-cycle beef ranch between the two counties to earn Slow Food's Snail of Approval. Whole and half shares sell out fast, while ranch hikes, private picnics, and coho salmon habitat restoration share the land's story.

Markegard Family Grass-Fed

Half Moon Bay, CA

Markegard Family Grass-Fed raises certified grass-fed, grass-finished beef and lamb plus pasture-raised chicken and pork across ranchland in San Mateo, Sonoma, and Marin Counties, based in Half Moon Bay. Using holistic planned grazing that mimics the elk herds that once roamed California's grasslands, the pesticide-free ranch was the first in California to earn Audubon's Bird Friendly land certification, and delivers regenerative meats around the Bay Area and at farmers markets.

Montana Ranch and Cattle Company, Inc.

Bakersfield, CA

Montana Ranch and Cattle Company, with sales based in Bakersfield, traces its ranching lineage to 1836 and a Texas Ranger bloodline, six generations on. The company sells exclusively USDA Prime, 100% grass-fed steaks — ribeye, filet mignon, New York strip, porterhouse — plus ground beef, chicken, and tallow, all raised regeneratively on family ranches with no hormones or antibiotics.

Paicines Ranch

Paicines, CA

Paicines Ranch spans roughly 7,000 acres of rangeland, 550 acres of row crops, and a 25-acre vineyard — all certified organic — among the oak-studded hills of San Benito County. The regenerative ranch produces 100% grass-fed and finished lamb and beef plus pastured pork and turkey, hosts weddings, retreats, and lodging, and runs a learning center dedicated to regenerating ecosystems from the soil up.

Richard's Grass-fed BEEF

Richards Regenerative — five generations of California ranchers with roots outside Sacramento since 1941 — raises American Grassfed Certified beef that also carries the Savory Institute's Land-to-Market Ecological Outcome Verification. Launched as Richards Ranch Meats in 2014 to sell directly to customers, the ranch now ships ground beef bundles, ribeyes, New York steaks, and country blends nationwide.

Riverdog Farm

Guinda, CA

Riverdog Farm is a 350-acre certified organic, diversified family farm in Guinda, in the Capay Valley, where creek-bottom soil, hot summers, and winter frost produce exceptionally flavorful crops. Certified organic since 1993, the farm grows vegetables, fruits, and nuts and raises pasture-raised chickens and pigs, selling through a weekly CSA, farmers markets in Berkeley and Sacramento, wholesale partners, and an on-farm shop open daily.

Riverdog Farm

Guinda, CA

Certified organic since 1993, Riverdog Farm farms 350 diversified acres in the Capay Valley at Guinda, where creek-bottom soil and extreme seasons concentrate flavor in its vegetables, fruits, and nuts. The family farm also raises pasture-raised chickens and pigs, and sells through a weekly CSA, Berkeley and Sacramento farmers markets, wholesale accounts, and a daily on-farm shop.

Salmon Creek Ranch

Bodega, CA

Salmon Creek Ranch in Bodega, in Sonoma County, produces naturally raised meat on natural pasture and forest: grass-fed beef, Kiko goat meat, holiday geese, and organic duck eggs. The ranch also breeds Kiko goats, working Anatolian Shepherds, and Salukis, offers a treehouse farm stay, and sells on-farm, at farmers markets, and by nationwide shipping.

Shakefork Community Farm

Carlotta, CA

Shakefork Community Farm in Carlotta, in the heart of Humboldt County, regeneratively grows produce, meat, and eggs — with oxen power and pasture-raised livestock at the center of the operation. The farm sells through CSA memberships, wholesale via the Harvest Hub, the year-round Saturday Arcata Plaza Farmers Market, and the seasonal Fortuna Farmers Market.

Siesel's Meats

San Diego, CA

Siesel's Meat & Deli on Ashton Street is one of San Diego's classic butcher shops, sister store to Iowa Meat Farms and anchored by master meat cutters with hundreds of years of combined experience. The shops dedicate themselves to finding the best in every category they sell — from meats to produce and wine — serving serious cooks seven days a week.

Standing's Butchery

Los Angeles, CA

Standing's Butchery on Melrose Avenue is L.A.'s premier whole-animal butcher shop, founded in 2017 by Jered Standing on a mission of ethical butchery. The team knows its ranchers personally, sources grass-fed, grass-finished beef locally from California along with pastured pork and chicken, uses every part of the animal, and happily swaps recipes and cooking advice over the counter.

Stemple Creek Ranch | Organic Ranch, Wedding & Event Venue

Tomales, CA

Stemple Creek Ranch is a fourth-generation family ranch in Tomales, in West Marin, practicing carbon farming that builds soil and strengthens ecosystems. The ranch ships 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef and lamb and pasture-raised pork nationwide — plus certified organic pasture-raised chicken from partner Big Bluff Ranch — sells whole and half animal shares, runs subscription boxes, hosts ranch tours and tastings, and doubles as a redwood-backed wedding venue.

Tawanda Farms

Montague, CA

In the rural seclusion of Siskiyou County, Tawanda Farms has raised cattle and Romney sheep for more than two decades under partners who have been friends for far longer. The ranch sells grass-fed, grass-finished beef and lamb — fall-butchered straight off pasture, raised without growth hormones or maintenance antibiotics — along with naturally colored long-wool Romney fleece prized by spinners and carefully vetted breeding stock.

Tawanda Farms

Montague, CA

Tawanda Farms is a cattle and sheep ranch in rural Siskiyou County, Northern California, celebrating over 20 years of operation under two longtime friends and business partners. The ranch offers grass-fed, grass-finished beef and lamb butchered each fall straight off fresh pasture, plus long-wool Romney fleece in natural colors from white to black, and carefully selected Romney breeding stock with pre- and post-sale support.

Tawanda Farms

Montague, CA

Tawanda Farms, run for 25 years by two longtime friends and business partners, is a cattle and sheep ranch tucked into rural Siskiyou County in far Northern California. Alongside grass-fed, grass-finished beef and lamb — butchered each fall straight off green pasture with no growth hormones or maintenance antibiotics — the ranch is known for its long-wool Romney sheep, producing naturally colored fleece from light gray to black and carefully selected breeding stock.

The Meat Cellar

Claremont, CA

The Meat Cellar in the heart of Claremont, California pairs a butcher shop with a full restaurant — "what you're really supposed to eat." Guests can book a table or shop the butcher case for cuts to take home.

The Wise Ox Butcher & Deli

San Diego, CA

The Wise Ox in North Park, San Diego reimagines the classic neighborhood butcher shop through a chef's lens, run by Chef Brad Wise and TRUST Restaurant Group with a crew of chefs and experienced butchers. Alongside the meat counter there's a tight menu of seven sandwiches — the Philly cheesesteak and dry-aged burger are standouts — plus the Ox Box, a monthly 10-pound curated meat subscription.

The Wise Ox Butcher & Deli

Carlsbad, CA

The Wise Ox's La Costa location on El Camino Real brings Chef Brad Wise's chef-driven butcher shop to North County San Diego. Expect hand-cut meats from serious butchers, a seven-sandwich menu that includes a much-loved Philly cheesesteak and smoked bologna, and the Ox Box monthly meat subscription curated by the chef.

Three Sons Farm

Ramona, CA

Three Sons Farm in Ramona raises pasture-raised chickens and eggs, grass-fed and grass-finished beef, and heritage pork — all animals raised on the farm itself, never bought in for resale. The farm delivers to most of San Diego County on Fridays with a $40 minimum, offers on-farm pickup by appointment, and sells at the Cardiff and Leucadia farmers markets.

TruBeef Organic

San Diego, CA

TruBeef Organic is a small family-owned online butcher based in San Diego, hand-cutting 100% organic, grass-fed and grass-finished beef and Dorper lamb sourced from certified carbon-neutral regenerative organic family farms. The unaged, low-histamine meat — steaks, ground beef, burgers, organ meats, and ancestral blends — is blast-frozen after cutting and ships throughout the lower 48.

Valley Farm Market La Jolla

La Jolla, CA

Valley Farm Market has been San Diego's neighborhood market since 1956, with three generations of butchers hand-selecting and custom-cutting meat — no pre-packaged compromises. The La Jolla-area stores pair the butcher case with seafood, local produce, a service deli, and full catering, from party platters to BBQ smoked meats.

Valley Farm Market Spring Valley

Spring Valley, CA

Valley Farm Market in Spring Valley carries on a San Diego tradition dating to 1956 — three generations of butchers hand-selecting and custom-cutting meat daily. The neighborhood grocer pairs its butcher case with ocean-fresh seafood, local produce, a service deli, everyday groceries, and full-scale catering from party platters to BBQ smoked brisket.