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Beef sticks.Done right.
Thoughtfully crafted, no short cuts.
We started making beef sticks for lunch time snacks. Our kids took them to school and they got devoured.... by my kids and their friends! We take them skiing, hiking, biking, to work, to school, to the airport. Actually, The Original sticks pair great with fine cheese and a glass of wine.
Our beef sticks have no added sugars, are naturally fermented, and have high omega-3's due to our cattle's grass-only diet. If you appreciate natural, nutrient dense, minimally processed foods like we do, these are for you.
What goes in.
What stays out.
Most grass-fed beef sticks made from imported beef, have added sugar, and encapsulated citric acid - which is encapsulated with hydrogenated oil. We set out to make the opposite of that — and we didn't compromise.
Full Provenance
Born, raised locally in Boulder, CO. Our Beef is from the land beneath our feet. If you're from Boulder, this is your beef.
Zero Seed Oils
No canola. No soybean. No sunflower. No cottonseed. No added fats at all.
Natural Fermentation
We use local Colorado honey as a natural fermentation substrate. No encapsulated citric acid, no hydrogenated oil coatings, no industrial shortcuts.
Zero Added Sugar
No sweeteners — Colorado honey is consumed during the fermentation process.
Grass-Fed & Finished
Higher omega-3s. Higher CLA. Better fat profile throughout.
Regenerative Agriculture
The land is better for having these animals on it. We're not extracting from the earth — we're putting back into it.
Land. Family. A way of doing things.
Flatiron Ranch sits in the shadow of the Flatirons in Boulder, Colorado. The cattle here are born on the property, raised on pasture, and finished on the same land. That kind of full provenance — from birth to table — is special. It's a connection to the land that we want to share.
This started as a family project. The founders thought their kids would like beef sticks from their own cattle. They loved them! Family, friends, and community kept asking for more.
Every choice here is deliberate: how the land is cared for, what the animals eat, how the product is made. Nothing is added that shouldn't be there.
We didn't plan to be in the beef business.
We came to ranching the way most good things happen — sideways. My wife and I both grew up rural, and we wanted our kids to have some of what we had: land under their feet, animals to care for, an honest connection to where food actually comes from.
We wanted a life reset. Something closer to what we knew growing up. So we moved to a piece of land in Boulder, Colorado and figured the rest out as we went.
One day I showed up with four black angus heifers. Everyone thought I was crazy. Honestly, maybe I was.
"We had a lot of land and the grass was out of control. And I liked steak. That was the whole business plan."
— The Founder, Flatiron RanchThose first cows broke every fence on the property.
I learned fast. How to mend wire fences, hang gates, herd cattle. The land taught me. The cattle taught me. My neighbor taught me, and YouTube helped quite a bit too.
It was hard. It was real. It was exactly what we came here for.
The slaughter is never easy. We love our animals.
When slaughter time came the first year, I'll be honest — I was nervous we'd all become vegetarians. We love every animal on this ranch. That hasn't changed.
But once it's done, something shifts. We go to work. We ensure nothing is wasted. We treat every cut like what it is: a gift. One animal feeds our family for a year.
That's not something you take lightly. That's something you're grateful for at every single meal.
Our family loves our animals, and we love sharing the gifts our animals provide. That's the part of this we're most proud of — that our cattle provide great lives to great animals, and share the experience of eating from the land beneath our feet.
"One of our animals provides healthy and delicious food for a year to our family. It's truly a blessing — and it's miraculous."
— Flatiron Ranch
Snowmelt from the Indian Peaks.
Grass beneath a Colorado sky.
Our cattle drink water flowing down from the snowmelt of the Indian Peaks through Eldorado Canyon and the South Boulder creek. They eat the natural grasses growing on the same land where they were born. They've never seen a feedlot. They relax under the Colorado sun and stars — and that's exactly how it stays.
We live in an amazing place along with out cattle. When you eat from the land where you live your connection to the land becomes real. It's something quite special that our family wants to share.
And, of course, we think our our beef sticks are delicious and genuinely different from anything you'll find in a store.
Nothing wasted
Every animal provides is appreciated. Every cut is used. We treat what the land gives us with the reverence it deserves.
Nothing added
No sugar. No seed oils. No ingredients you can't picture. If it didn't come from the land, it doesn't go in the stick.
Full provenance
Born here. Raised here. Processed with care. You can know exactly where this came from.
Loved animals
Our cattle live well. Pasture-raised, grass-fed, on land they were born on.
Family first
This started as a school snack for our kids. They love knowing where their food comes from. You will too.
The land improves
Regenerative grazing builds soil, sequesters carbon, and restores native grasses. The ranch gets healthier every season. That matters.
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