EAT BEEF
CONSERVE PRAIRIE
Grass-fed.
Grass-finished.
Prairie-friendly.
Our cattle graze native grasses and prairie plants on hills that used to sit at the bottom of an ancient sea. This geology is the foundation for the Flint Hills—the world’s last remaining intact tallgrass prairie landscape, which our family (and cattle) help conserve.
Prairie-friendly beef
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Prairie-friendly beef •
Join the Herd
Join our community of food and prairie enthusiasts. We think meat should be healthy, taste good, and come from animals that are raised ethically on regeneratively managed land.
Here are several ways to purchase our regeneratively crafted beef.
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We offer a variety of options:
Half Animal: the most economical and customizable option, helping to sustain our grass-fed herd, land stewardship, and prairie conservation efforts
Bundles: Curated beef bundles and samplers starting at $50 with free localish delivery around Manhattan, KS. Seasonally curated bundles available throughout the year.
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We are proud to partner with our friends at Piccalilli Farm in Manhattan, KS. Our beef is available—along with a wide variety of vegetables, baked goods, and other local products—on their weekly Farm to Porch Online Market (order Tue 9am-Wed 5pm), with options for Saturday delivery or pick up at the local farmer’s market.
Visit their website to order on Tuesdays
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Select cuts are available for purchase at Arrow Bodega in downtown Manhattan. We enjoy supporting and partnering with our friends at Arrow, and we welcome other opportunities to feature Ancient Ocean beef in stores and on menus across the region.
Contact us to collaborate, brainstorm, or make something cool happen. Let’s be partners!
Let’s build a food system that helps conserve, restore, and rewild our vanishing prairie by consciously consuming meat from animals raised on native grasslands in a way that bolsters biodiversity, provides critical wildlife habitat, and supports local families and communities.
Prefer texting?
Let’s stay in touch! We’ll text you sparingly with timely deals, opportunities, and super secret insider information for herd members. You can communicate with us about products, special orders, or questions.
ABOUT US
At Ancient Ocean Beef Co., we take pride in offering high-quality, prairie-friendly beef from animals that eat a native-plant based diet on our family’s ranchland in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Our cattle are ethically raised on regeneratively managed land, promoting native biodiversity, providing wildlife habitat, enhancing the health of the prairie, and contributing to the conservation and rewilding of one of the world’s most endangered ecosystems. We also love to share the beef that we feed our family and the prairie with others!
AOBC is owned by Ryan and Rachel Klataske, with help from their children, Thomas and Maeve. Ryan is an anthropologist that studies agriculture, ranching, beef production, conservation, and rural life, and Rachel is a food scientist with roots in Kansas family farming as well. Founded in 2023, our company builds on a rich family legacy of agriculture, cattle raising, and conservation in Kansas. To produce our prairie-friendly beef, we partner with Ryan’s father, Ron Klataske, a cattle producer and wise steward of the land, as well as a wildlife biologist with deep knowledge of the prairie and a renowned conservation leader in the Great Plains. Our shared philosophy that cattle production and conservation can work together inspires our mission: to produce beef that is healthy, delicious, and good for the prairie.
Join us in eating prairie-friendly beef and help conserve the Flint Hills, North America’s last remaining intact native tallgrass prairie landscape. As our boy, Thomas, loves to share, our company’s name reflects our appreciation of this unique landscape and the ancient geology that has helped this prairie endure.
Thank you for supporting our mission!
