Our story
A true ranch to table beef experience, delivered directly to your front door.
Arizona Born. Arizona Raised.
Our journey began in 2007
Tim Petersen was raised in Arizona, and is a 3rd generation meat cutter. Tim has a passion for the outdoors, and has spent his life working on ranches and training mules. As a first generation Cattle Rancher, Tim is driven to provide customers with the freshest quality beef, raised in an environment that nature intended.
It’s a family affair, and Tim’s wife, children and grandchildren all play a role in Arizona Grass Raised Beef. Tim’s mission behind Arizona Grass Raised Beef is to provide your family with quality products nurtured and created with love and care.
Healthy Cattle. Healthy Living.
Our Cattle
Our cattle spend their lives enjoying millions of acres of open range land throughout the state of Arizona. They live a relaxed life roaming through open fields and grazing on Native grass and flowers underneath the Arizona sunshine. Our USDA inspected plant provides a unique ability to humanely harvest one animal at a time, so you can be sure the animals were treated with care until the end.
Our beef is prepared in-house:
- Steaks are dry-aged and hand-cut
- Beef is ground fresh, packaged and frozen
- Our Sausages are made in-house using only organic spices, without any sugar
- All products are individually cry-o-vaced with each cut and packaged on-site.
Our hands-on approach enables our company to produce affordable products that go from our facilities directly to your doorstep.
A great place to raise cattle.
Why Arizona?
With 3 seasons of grasses in various parts of the state, we are able to move cattle to greener pastures throughout the year. The Native land gives the cattle the nutrients they need packed with protein during the summer months.
Arizona’s climate allows cattle to graze 365 days a year across the state; giving ranchers the opportunity to turn sunshine and native grasses into nutritious Grass fed Beef for you and your loved ones to thrive on.
Healthy Cattle. Healthy Living.
Natural & Healthy
We find that allowing our Momma cows to be on the ranch for 4-6 years produces the best quality beef our state has to offer. We believe in the tradition of Arizona cattle ranching, and we are doing all we can to preserve it through our own operations and ranching the old-fashioned way. In addition, we work with ranchers in Arizona that live by our same principles and values; caring for their livestock, the environment and our natural resources. These partner ranchers are AGA certified and between us all, our cattle graze on millions of acres, adding to the nutrients of the soil across the state while providing nourishment for our community. When you buy from AZGRB, your dollars go into Ranchers’ pockets across Arizona, helping to keep the Cattle Industry alive here in our great state.
Beef Sustainability
Facts
Cattle graze on National Forest, BLM, and State Trust lands, giving livestock the ability to clear vegetation and fertilize the soil as they pass through areas of pristine range land. Free Range Grass fed beef in Arizona enjoys up to 1,000 acres per head. (Source: Arizona Beef Counsel). In 2023, Arizona’s estimated herd totaled over 900,000, with roughly 10,000,000 acres of grazing land regulated by state and government agencies.
Arizona’s Farmers produce the feed necessary for dairy and beef operations across the state, which feeds our community as well as the surrounding states. Farmers, Feeders and Dairies are a wonderful luxury that we have as a part of the fabric of Arizona. Ranching is a key component to the food system; providing steers into the feeder markets and females back onto the ranch to soak up the sun and produce more beef.
Our Incredible Team
Nick
Partner
Nick has been a partner in the company since 2016. His passion for healthy food led him to open a small butcher shop in Phoenix, Arcadia Meat Market, which showcases Arizona Grass Raised Beef along with a host of other local meats and provisions. Nick is dedicated to his family and his passion providing a healthy lifestyle.
Molly
Kitchen Manager
Molly has played an integral role at our USDA kitchen since the beginning, and she currently manages production and shipping.
James
Fulfillment
James Wilson handles fulfillment and logistics and he has been a part of the company since the beginning. If you place an order and have any questions, you are likely to get a reply from James to get you squared away.
