Working Capital To Scale Direct-to-Consumer Sales

For more than 50 years, the Walker family has been a steward of 7,000 acres in Northern California’s Scott Valley, raising Highland cattle, heritage pigs, and organic crops in a closed-loop system that supports both soil health and product quality. As the world’s first Regenerative Organic Certified®(ROC) pork producer, the first and only ROC beef operation in the U.S., and with the first ROC jerky in the world, the Walkers have built a vertically integrated model that spans from pasture to plate. In 2020, they expanded into direct-to-consumer sales, launching StarWalker Meats—a CPG brand bringing ROC-certified meat and jerky to a broader market. Supported by their own USDA-inspected processing facility, they’re setting a new benchmark for regenerative meat, with full traceability, animal welfare, and community investment at the core.

Use of Funds

StarWalker Meats is the consumer packaged goods (CPG) extension of StarWalker Organic Farms, offering premium meat and jerky products made exclusively from animals raised under Regenerative Organic Certified® standards.

This working capital loan will enable StarWalker Meats to purchase livestock from the family’s own farm to build up inventory, to meet upcoming retail and e-commerce demand, and to continue scaling production. The funds from this loan will also be used to refinance an existing working capital note, easing short-term debt service and strengthening the business’s overall financial position.

The Walkers have already invested in their own USDA-inspected processing facility, allowing them to manage their entire supply chain. With national distribution channels emerging and a growing consumer appetite for traceable, values-driven food, this next phase of growth is focused on expanding sales and bringing their ROC-certified meat products to more shelves across the country—and to more hands.

Ecological, Social, and Economic Stewardship Practices:

At StarWalker Organic Farms, regeneration is viewed as a long-standing commitment to working in sync with natural systems while producing nutrient-dense food for local and national markets. To consistently move towards this goal, the following practices are utilized: 

Ecological Stewardship:

Stewardship Statement: 

The Walker family and StarWalker enterprises are committed to maintaining a family-owned farm that focuses on raising Certified Organic and Regenerative Organic Certified meat products. They are committed to regenerative and sustainable farming practices and humane animal treatment from the field, to processing, to finished products. Throughout the term of the loan, they are committed to:

• Maintaining Organic and Regenerative Organic Certification on their whole farm;
• Keeping the long term health of their land at the forefront as they make pasture management decisions and crop plans;
• Utilizing humane practices that respect the dignity of each animal both on the farm and in their processing facility;
• Growing their volume of Regenerative Organic Certified products in order to bring more ROC beef and pork to the marketplace.