Where to Buy Beef Near Boone, NC

We farm in Vilas, about ten minutes from downtown Boone. If you want beef that was raised, finished and dry-aged in this valley, you do not have to order it from a warehouse in another state and wait.

Three ways to get it

1. From the farm. Come to us in Vilas. This is the only option for the larger shares, because a half share is more beef than anyone wants to meet in a parking lot.
2. From a collection point. We run pick-up points around Boone and Blowing Rock. The current list, with days, is on our pick-up locations page.
3. Shipped frozen. For the smaller boxes and the 1/8 share, we pack and ship. This is the option if you are in Charlotte or Raleigh rather than up here.

Which one you want usually comes down to how much freezer space you have, and that is worth working out before you order rather than after.

Why local is the whole point

“And so the local food system, one, allows you to know directly where your food's coming from. And two, it's consistently raised and handled and invested in and cared for more responsibly than the industrial system ever could.”

Gray Shipley

“You know, the farms that we have access to are just little plot. It's tucked in amongst the hills, you know, and you don't have big large expanses, that you can manage consistently and it's more spread out and it's more disparate. That's what's unique about the farming plus we're in a couple hours off the interstate and kind of tucked up here away from some of the labor pool and some of the resources and some of the transportation that makes it easier to get out and reach customers that are a little further away.”

Gray Shipley

Being tucked up here is why collection matters so much, and why we run pick-up points rather than expecting everyone to drive to Vilas.

“Support, they need the community around them to be invested in helping that farm survive and thrive.”

Gray Shipley

That is the part a label cannot give you. You can drive to this farm. You can see the fields the cattle were on. Very little of the beef sold in this country can be checked that way, and the ability to check it is most of the value.

If you are buying for the freezer

For what a share actually costs and why, see what a beef share costs. For help picking a size, see which share is right for you.

If you just want something for this week

Start on the pick-up locations page, because the collection point you choose decides most of the rest.