Alderspring Ranch

Founded in 2005 by Glenn and Caryl Elzinga and their seven daughters, Alderspring Ranch sells direct-to-consumer from one of the most rigorously certified grass-fed operations in the country. Their remote Idaho rangeland supports over 500 plant species, and all cattle graze exclusively on pasture — never in feedlots, never supplemented with grain. The ranch holds both USDA Certified Organic and Real Organic Project (ROP) certification, the latter a stricter private-label standard obtained in 2020 as one of the first western operations to achieve it.

Their regenerative practices have tripled soil organic matter to 7.75%, sequester 8× more carbon than the operation releases, and have restored 55+ miles of degraded rangeland streams including active Chinook salmon habitat. Every pound sold is traced to a single known animal with full history. Ships frozen nationwide to all 48 contiguous states via UPS with no markup on shipping costs — rates are passed through at cost.