About us
The farm
Thanks for visiting Sugar Creek Farms. We run our farm differently from most. We put quality ahead of volume, and demand from our customers has been strong, so we decided early on that we would not mass-produce or supply retailers. To buy from us, send us an order request. Sometimes there is a wait, but we do our best to make room for new customers.
Beginnings
Tom and Michelle Krcatovich own and operate Sugar Creek Farms in Allegan, Michigan. We raise 100% grass-fed, pasture-raised beef using regenerative pasture techniques.
Tom wanted to raise cattle ever since his childhood on the family farm, and he knew he would have his own herd one day. We got our start in the early 1990s, raising beef for our immediate family. The quality of our food mattered to us, and three growing boys can eat a lot. Over the years we raised beef for more friends and family and slowly grew the herd.
Our faith
We’re a family of faith. We believe the land and the animals on it are gifts from God, and that we’re called to take care of them, not just use them up. That belief is a big part of why we moved away from conventional methods. Raising cattle on pasture, the way they were made to live, and leaving the soil better than we found it is how we try to farm within His will.
Today
At first, everything we did was conventional. We fed the herd corn, grain, some hay, and a little pasture. Over the years our thinking about good practice changed, and so did the way we raise cattle. Now we use only regenerative, pasture-based methods to raise 100% grass-fed beef. It isn’t easier. It is better for our land, our animals, and the people who eat our beef.
In 2015, Sugar Creek Farms took shape as a business, and we have grown the herd to around 50 head. We don’t plan to become a large operation. You won’t find the Sugar Creek Farms name in stores, and we won’t sell beef from another farm or anything we didn’t raise.
We will keep raising good beef for the people we want to do business with. We will keep working to be better stewards of our land and cattle. And we will keep being open about how we farm and what we learn.
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