Elizabeth Poett’s family has been raising cattle on grass in Lompoc, California since 1837. At Rancho San Julian , the herd of Black Angus is never given antibiotics, hormones, corn or soy. Raising the animals on pasture arguably results in a smaller carbon footprint than grain, and the meat is more nutritious because it’s lower in fat and has more omega-3s than grain-fed beef. The cattle are also raised and harvested using humane practices. Poett believes this leads to better tasting meat, “like beef is supposed to taste.”
Elizabeth Poett’s family has been raising cattle on the same farmland in Lompoc since 1837. They launched the Rancho San Julian Beef Company in 1980.