Darlington Ranch Co

Darlington Ranch Co. is Colter and Lauren Darlington's farm-to-table beef business on Montana's historic Darlington Ranch — a centennial ranch founded in 1916, now in its fifth generation. Cattle roam native grasslands drinking from spring-fed reservoirs with a light home-grown barley finish for tenderness and marbling, never seeing a feedlot, with antibiotic- and hormone-free beef shipped nationwide.

Foodstead

Ronan, MT

Regenerating soil, food, and community is the whole business model at Foodstead, a Ronan, Montana ranch whose grass-finished cattle graze multi-species pastures their entire lives — no hormones, no confinement, no shortcuts. Bulk beef sells by the eighth, quarter, half, or whole with nationwide shipping to the lower 48, backed by a triple money-back guarantee.

Foodstead

Ronan, MT

Foodstead in Ronan, Montana raises premium grass-fed and grass-finished beef in a regenerative model — pastured, never confined, no hormones at any stage — sold as eighths through whole beef with shipping to the lower 48 and a triple-your-money-back guarantee. The ranch's formula is simple: soil, plants, animals, food, families, community — with summer farm dinners on the ranch.

Little Creek Lamb & Beef

Townsend, MT

Little Creek is a regenerative ranch and old-fashioned feedstore in Townsend, Montana, raising grass-fed lamb and dry-aged beef with no added hormones or antibiotics — plus sheepskins, Cowgirl Seasoning, tallow cast-iron seasoning sticks, and dry-aged jerky. The Front Street store stocks ranch, pantry, and livestock essentials, subscriptions ship nationwide, and Cowgirl Camp offers women an immersive, gritty retreat with horses and landscape.

Living River Farms

Living River Farms produces pasture-raised poultry and grass-fed and finished beef in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley at Stevensville, Montana. The farm's mission pairs a vibrant work environment with high-quality food, sold through a wide-ranging online store.

Lolo Trail Ranch

Lolo, MT

Lolo Trail Ranch in Lolo, Montana has been family-owned since 1959, raising full-blood Montana Wagyu and grass-fed all-natural Wagyu beef with never-cut-corners ethics. The ranch is a leading source of Wagyu genetics — full-blood semen, embryos, and year-round AI and embryo transfer services — and operates a USDA-approved bovine quarantine facility for domestic and international export.

Lolo Trail Ranch

Lolo, MT

A family ranch on US-12 since 1959, Lolo Trail Ranch produces both all-natural grass-fed Wagyu beef and some of Montana's most sought-after full-blood Wagyu genetics. Breeders come for certified semen, embryos, and flushing services; the ranch also runs one of the country's USDA-approved bovine isolation quarantine facilities for international export.

Mountain Meat Shares

Mountain Meat Shares in Missoula, Montana sources meat from local farms the owner personally visits — farmers interviewed one by one, raising animals to a simple standard: meat I would eat. Local processors turn it into monthly Meat Shares ordered online.

Oxbow Cattle Company

Missoula, MT

Bart and Wendy's Oxbow Cattle Company raises grass-finished beef entirely on pasture and hay in Missoula, Montana — beef so local that customers discover dinner "was living just down the street." The mission says it all: regenerate the ecosystem, respect all animals, connect with community, and produce healthy beef that nourishes body and soul, sold through the ranch's own farm store.

Oxbow Cattle Company

Missoula, MT

Oxbow Cattle Company is Missoula's neighborhood rancher, raising and finishing natural grass-finished beef on pasture and hay just 3.8 miles out Lower Miller Creek Road. Built on integrity, regeneration, and community — healthy land gives healthy cows — the ranch sells leaner, healthier, better-tasting beef through its Farm-2-Market store on Haugan Drive.

Wickens Ranch

Bozeman, MT

Wickens Ranch delivers some of Montana's best beef from a regenerative ranch to doorsteps across the Gallatin Valley three days a week, with Bozeman freezer pickup on Tuesdays. Eric Wickens raises cattle on grass and finishes them with peas and barley grown on the ranch — a formula praised by chefs at the Yellowstone Club, Shan, and 1864 as some of the most flavorful beef they've worked with.

Wickens Ranch

Bozeman, MT

Wickens Ranch brings cattle to the processor every month so its Bozeman customers never run short of favorite cuts — ribeyes, Delmonicos, flat irons, brats, plus tallow, suet, bones, and organs. The regenerative ranch's grass-raised, pea-and-barley-finished beef gets free Gallatin Valley home delivery on orders over $150, three days a week.