Our Family

Welcome to our ranch, I'm Andrew and we're the Gaines family!

Growing up in the heart of Missouri, Mackenzie and I were high school sweethearts who fell in love with one another, our community, cattle, and Jesus Christ. With both Mackenzie and I being a generation removed from the farm, we always had a love and a desire to relive the stories our grandparents told about their life on the farm. With the knowledge of the past, we knew we'd have to do things differently than our grandparents, not only for our success but for the success of our children should they too desire to pursue this lifestyle. With that in mind we sought out after a regenerative ranching approach.

  As we got into the ranching life, we quickly realized that grass was our most important asset. With that in mind, we turned to what feeds the grass, our soils. Developing a deep passion for the land and the production of that land, it became clear that we could not only benefit our ranching operation through regenerative practices but the wildlife within and surrounding our pastures as well. It was through this thought process that we believed we could produce a meat that was superior to any other, while being nutrient-dense, healthy, and delicious - thus Pasture Pure Meats (PPM) was created!