About

We are soil stewards first.

As a regenerative family farm, we are dedicated to providing nutrient dense foods to our community. The health of our communities depends on access to quality food and healthy soils.  

EOV Verified

Ecological Outcome Verification is a monitoring protocol created by the Savory Institute. This verification ensures our management practices are inproving the ecosystem we steward.

Single Source Meats

Many meat sellers are actually aggregators and marketers. This means its hard to know how the animals were treated. We steward mother cows, sows and their babies from birth. In 2024 we began a partnership with mentors of our, Tony & Andrea Malmberg to expand our cattle herd. Their ranch is EOV Verified and they also manage organically. They have developed a special herd of Aubrac/ Tarrentaise cattle and we are honored to bring more of their herd into our as we expand.

Family Farm Serving Oregon for 13+ Years

Farmer Chris has been feeding Central Oregon eaters since 2011. He started on just a few acres east of Bend, and today is managing over 1200 acres regeneratively.

Casad Family Farms is a family owned farm using organic, biodynamic, and permaculture principles steward 360 acres of land in Madras, Oregon, located just 30 minutes north of Redmond, Oregon and 60 minutes north of Bend, Oregon. 

Why Casad Family Farms?

Because we believe in doing things the right way—even if it’s the harder way. Our promise is simple:

  • Organic and regenerative practices that restore the land
  • Humane, stress-free animal care
  • Flavor and quality you can taste in every bite
  • A direct connection from our family ranch to your family table

When you choose Casad Family Farms, you’re not just buying beef and pork—you’re supporting a way of farming that respects the land, the animals, and the community.

Heritage-Breed Pork and Beef by the Box, Bundle or Share

Casad Family Farms continues to offer regenerative meat in bulk as Eight, Quarter, Half or Whole Animal shares. It is the most economical way to source the highest quality meat, raised regeneratively and organically, and in direct support of your land stewards.

In addition to our curated boxes of regeneratively raised meat beef and pork, we offer mixed vegetables and root crops grown for wholesale distribution to local restaurants and grocery stores, and raise hays, grains, and specialty seed crops.

We are one of the first farms in the region to be verified regenerative through the
Savory Institute's Ecological Outcome Verification protocol. This verification acknowledges Casad Family Farms is actively regenerating its soils and surrounding ecosystem through holistic land management
& careful monitoring of ecological outcomes.

A Regeneratively Focused Ranch Founded By Chris & Cate Casad

 The Farm is co-owned by husband and wife Chris & Cate Casad. They live on and manage the farm with their son Hesston who was born in July 2021. Chris has been farming since he was 20 years old, a first generation farmer. 

Chris studied permaculture design as a young man and started farming on just a  few acres of leased land near Bend, Oregon. His first farm was called Juniper Jungle Farm, he grew vegetables for a large CSA program, farmers markets, and started growing more for wholesale distribution. He also is a beekeeper and loves to have a milk cow or two. 

Influenced greatly by the principals of biodynamics, Chris has always tended to land he manages and the community he feeds with deep care and affection. Cate began volunteering on Chris' first farm in 2014, pretending to enjoy weeding carrots so she could get to know farmer Chris better. 

In 2017 they moved to a new farm together in Madras, Oregon where they could purchase land and expand their growing capacity. Cate's dedication to the farm and to Chris drive her to help in any way she is needed; from planting and harvesting potatoes to developing new business opportunities. 

At Casad Family Farms we grow mixed vegetables and root crops for wholesale distribution to local restaurants and grocery stores in Oregon. In addition to diversified veggies, we raise hays, grains, and specialty seed crops. In 2020 we expanded our prescriptive grazing & pasture management program.

We raise cattle and heritage breed hogs, pastured chickens and turkeys. Though we have sold our meats to customers in our region for almost 10 years, in 2022 we launched our Direct Delivery Meat Box Program where we ship our meats frozen to customers all over Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California. 

We do not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides, protecting the soil, the waterways and our bodies. Our farmland is certified Organic and we have helped to transition over 200 acres of previously conventionally farmed land into Organic land managed regeneratively with cover crop and prescriptive grazing. 

At the heart of our farming ethos is a dedication to biodiversity, sustainability, and biotic health for soils, humans and communities. 

  • Learn more about our Closed Loop farming system here.
  • Our meat & honey products are Land to Market Verified by the Savory Institute. 
  • Learn more about our holistic, regenerative land management practices here.