For The Health Of… A mission to heal the soil, people, and the planet.
At Tangen Draw, we believe food should do more than fill a plate. It should support thriving plant, animal and human life, restore ecosystems, nourish the human body, and build a future where agriculture regenerates instead of extracts. That vision drives everything we do.
Our work is centered on five interconnected elements - soil, plants, animals, humans, and the planet - which together form the foundation for life. When one is compromised, the entire system weakens. When one thrives, all benefit.
The mission of Tangen Draw is two-fold:
- Produce the cleanest, most delicious and nutrient-rich protein possible through regenerative ranching and low-stress handling.
- Develop and prove profitable regenerative methodologies that other ranchers can adopt and scale.
Change doesn’t happen at the level of one ranch—it happens when an entire network of land stewards embraces practices that restore the land while making business sense.
Soil: The Hidden Engine of Regeneration
Healthy soil isn’t just dirt—it’s a living, breathing ecosystem. One teaspoon of healthy soil contains more microorganisms than there are people on Earth. These microscopic communities regulate water cycles, break down organic material, and make essential nutrients available to plants.
Industrial agriculture has stripped soils of this vitality through heavy tilling, chemical inputs, and monoculture cropping. The result? Soil that’s compacted, depleted, and unable to support thriving plant and animal life.
At Tangen Draw, we take the opposite approach. Our regenerative practices focus on rebuilding soil health by increasing organic matter, boosting microbial diversity, and restoring natural processes. We use tools like rotational grazing, extended rest periods, and multi-species forage planting to allow soils to recover and thrive.
Why does this matter? Because healthy soil is the foundation for everything—stronger plant growth, improved water retention, more resilient ecosystems, and nutrient-dense food. When we care for the soil, we create a cascade of benefits that ripple through the entire food system.
Plants: The Power of Perennial Diversity
When soils are healthy, plants respond. Instead of shallow-rooted monocultures, regenerative systems support deep-rooted grasses, legumes, and forbs that thrive in dynamic ecosystems. These plants feed grazing animals and create a feedback loop of regeneration: animals graze, plants regrow stronger, and soils receive organic material from roots and manure.
Deep roots also make landscapes drought-resistant and flood-resilient, an essential benefit as weather extremes become more common. Biodiverse forage systems capture sunlight efficiently, extend grazing seasons, and provide nutrient-rich diets for livestock—all without synthetic inputs.
Animals: Restoring the Land Through Natural Patterns
Livestock have been cast as villains in climate discussions—but the problem isn’t the animals; it’s how they’re managed. In nature, large herds of herbivores moved constantly, grazing intensely for short periods and then leaving areas to rest. This movement allowed plants to recover and soils to rebuild.
We replicate nature’s rhythm through managed rotational grazing. Bison and cattle are moved strategically across pastures, never staying long enough to overgraze. Their hooves aerate the soil, while their urine and manure return up to 85–90% of the nutrients they consume back to the land. This natural fertilization, combined with the stimulation from grazing, sparks vigorous plant regrowth and builds a thriving, self-sustaining ecosystem.
The result? Healthy animals that heal the land instead of harming it. This approach turns a potential climate liability into an ecological asset.
Humans: From Food as Commodity to Food as Medicine
Regeneration doesn’t stop at the pasture—it extends to the plate. For decades, industrial food systems have prioritized speed and scale over quality and nutrition, flooding the market with ultra-processed foods and chemical residues.
The result? Rising rates of metabolic disease, gut dysfunction, and chronic inflammation.
Our mission is to flip that script. By producing clean, grass-fed and grass-finished proteins, we deliver food that aligns with how the human body evolved to eat—whole, nutrient-dense, and highly bioavailable. These unprocessed, nature-made nutrients are free from synthetic inputs, ensuring your body can absorb and utilize them as intended.
When we talk about health at Tangen Draw, it’s not just physical health—it’s emotional and communal. Shared meals made from food you can trust reconnect families and rebuild a sense of belonging. Regenerative food is nourishment in the deepest sense.
The Planet: Scaling Regeneration for Global Impact
Here’s the big challenge: regenerative agriculture won’t change the world if it stays niche. That’s why Tangen Draw isn’t just a ranch; it’s a living laboratory for profitable regenerative ranching.
We are testing and refining models that other ranchers can adopt—because for this movement to grow, it must be economically sustainable. Ranchers need proof that regeneration can work at scale and deliver returns that keep operations viable. Our data-driven approach measures not just ecological outcomes (soil health and biodiversity) but financial performance.
When regenerative ranching becomes as profitable as extractive models—or more so—it stops being a trend and starts being a new standard.
The Big Picture: Interconnection is Everything
Every element of this system is linked: soil builds plants, plants feed animals, animals steward landscapes, healthy landscapes nourish people, and together they regenerate the Earth.
At Tangen Draw, we’re not chasing short-term fixes. We’re rebuilding the foundation of life, one pasture at a time, and creating a roadmap that others can follow.
This isn’t just about meat. It’s about soil that holds water and carbon, plants that thrive without chemicals, animals that restore the land, and people who live healthier lives because of it.
This is more than ranching. This is a movement—for the health of the soil, the plant, the animal, the human heart, and the Earth we all share.
Every choice matters. When you choose Tangen Draw, you become both a partner and a steward of the land alongside us.