Thousand Hills in the News

"Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed Grass-Fed Beef understands that if you create healthy soil, that creates healthy plants. In turn resulting in healthy nutrient dense meat. It’s not enough to just know your farmer, but to know their practices too. Ben and Elizabeth check out the farm."

"In this episode, we learn about Matt’s background as a CPG brand manager and marketing consultant and the trip back home to the family farm that inspired him to start a better beef brand. Matt shares the 20-year journey of Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed that has led them to recently become the number one meat brand in the natural channel of retail."

Minnesota ranch works to bring regenerative ag to leather products

Global brand Timberland announced Tuesday its plans to make a positive environmental impact by 2030. One important player? A Central Minnesota farmer committed to make a similar impact in agriculture

Thousand Hills since 2003 has firmly built a decentralized model resilient to recent changes. Owner, Matt Maier, has always believed in the wisdom of decentralized models—across all sectors of business, agriculture and government. This model has proven to be uniquely robust when faced with current times because of the strong direct relationships across a variety of geographically dispersed small processors and farmers.

In Fall 2020, Timberland will launch a collection of boots made with leather from verified regenerative ranches sourced through Savory’s Minnesota Hub, Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed.

Maier raises 300 cattle in Clearwater. And he owns Thousand Hills, a Becker-based, grass-fed beef distributor and marketer that requires its farmers to use regenerative practices that benefit the land. He calls himself and other Thousand Hills farmers “regenerative renegades.”