Belcampo, Larkspur

Behind the Belcampo butcher shops and restaurants throughout California is a business based on sustainability and compassion for animals. By eliminating the middleman, Belcampo provides guests with organic, pasture-raised, grass-fed meat direct from the company's Animal Welfare Approved (AWA) California farm.

By owning its own processing facility, Belcampo is able to extend the ethical treatment of its animals to the next phase of creating farm-to-table food. And it all starts with one of the most basic elements of a farm: the soil. By using rotational grazing methods, managers at Belcampo Farms in Gazelle, CA move animals around the land to facilitate the creation of deep, nutrient-rich topsoil. The health of the land is then passed on to the plants and grass, providing the farm's cattle and sheep the best nutrients for growth. The healthy soil also helps battle climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.