COVID UPDATE/ FARMERS MARKETS INFO:
Please use our online store if you want to do contactless purchasing at the Walnut Creek Farmer's Market or if you are ordering for the Palo Alto 4/11 Pickup. If you are looking to pick up in the Oakland/Alameda area, please place an order and we will get in contact with you on the date and time.
Please use our online store if you want to do contactless purchasing at the Walnut Creek Farmer's Market or if you are ordering for the Palo Alto 4/11 Pickup. If you are looking to pick up in the Oakland/Alameda area, please place an order and we will get in contact with you on the date and time.
Our Meats
Casa Rosa Farms is an 110 acre organic family farm based in the Capay Valley. We raise Limousin-influenced cattle, also known as Lim-Flex. We prefer Lim-Flex beef for our grass fed program because of their long rib section, calm disposition and double muscling. We find that Limousin beef have more tenderness than Black Angus when raised on our grass. We also raise California Red Sheep, rotationally grazed through orchards and fields. We no longer raise pastured pork. Our poultry eat many organic fruits and vegetables, from our own farm and those of neighboring organic farms. We pledge to never administer antibiotics, hormone implants, or feed any genetically modified grains to our market animals (those slaughtered for meat). Our cattle and sheep are 100% grass fed. We specialize in smoked, cured and specialty meats for retail sale, partnering with small butcher shops to focus on quality not quantity. We invite you to taste the difference.
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Our family has been farming in the Central Valley since emigrating from the Azores in the 1960's, buying their own farmland in 1974. The third generation (Casa Rosa Farms) wanted to do something different, so we planted an olive orchard and became certified organic by CCOF in 2009. While we no longer own our original family farm, we are still farming hay along with our parents on their farm and moved to the Capay Valley in 2012. Since then we have expanded our pasture based meats production. We practice holistic grazing management, inter-cropping within orchards, and have invested in solar power generation on our farm. Our cold room and freezers are about 70% solar powered. Our olive and fruit orchards are utilized by wild turkeys and peacocks for cover and food. Fruits of the orchards: extra virgin olive oil, apricots, plums, heirloom Bartlett pears, figs, pomegranates, oranges, Fuyu persimmons, Asian pears, quince, Marcona almonds and pecans.
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