Colvin Ranch

06/18/2026

Still need something for Dad? We've got you.

The freezer case at Colvin Ranch Provisions is full right now — ribeyes, strips, and other prime cuts, all grass-finished and ready for the grill this Father's Day.

And while you're in the store, take a look at the shelves. We've got local products from some great Southwest Washington producers that makes a solid stand-alone gift or a nice addition to a beef order if you want to round it out.

We're open today through Sunday, 10am to 6pm. Come by before the weekend gets away from you.

One more thing — if you follow Colvin Ranch but haven't followed Colvin Ranch Provisions yet, go give them a follow. That's where you'll see what's actually on the shelves and in the case week to week.

📍 Colvin Ranch Provisions | Agriculture Innovation Park, Tenino | Open today–Sunday, 10am–6pm

06/15/2026

Our favorite way to spend a hot summer afternoon is reading a good book under the shade of a tree. We can’t be the only ones who read cookbooks like novels, right?

We love the personal stories and botanical recipes from A farmer (Venise) & a bartender (Belinda) grow drink syrups - their venue in Wilkinson is charming and as a bonus, their town is also known for sandstone quarries so we like to think of them as a sister city to Tenino.

Anyway, it’s about time to craft a delicious mocktail and fire up the grill for dinner. Thanks WA State Beef Commission and Misty Banchero for bringing together so many talented women in a beautiful location to learn tips and tricks for smoking and grilling beef. Cheers to Girls Who Grill!

06/10/2026

We just learned that Colvin Ranch has been nominated for Thurston County EDC's 2026 New Business of the Year for our retail store, Colvin Ranch Provisions, and we honestly don't have the words.

Five generations of this family have worked this land. And when we opened Colvin Ranch Provisions, it wasn't just to sell good food, it was to be a real part of this community. To support the farmers and makers doing the same kind of work we do. To give people a place to buy local with confidence.

Being nominated for this feels like a reminder that the way we've chosen to do things — slow, rooted, with care — is the right way.

Thank you to Thurston County EDC for this recognition. And thank you to every one of you who has walked through our door, placed an order, or told a neighbor about us. This nomination belongs to you as much as us.

🌟 Thurston EDC Business Awards Nominee Spotlight: Colvin Ranch 🌟

Congratulations to Colvin Ranch, a nominee for New Business of the Year at the Thurston EDC Business Awards!

This fifth-generation ranching operation has made a major investment in Thurston County through its new retail store at the Agriculture Innovation Park in Tenino, offering premium local, organic, grass-fed beef alongside products from dozens of Washington food producers.

Colvin Ranch is also helping strengthen the state's food supply chain with a planned regional meat processing facility that will serve more than 100 family ranches across 14 counties and create local jobs.

Beyond their business success, Jennifer Colvin and Eric Klein are dedicated community leaders who actively support local organizations, agriculture, and nonprofit causes throughout the region.

Join us as we celebrate Colvin Ranch and this year's outstanding nominees at the Thurston EDC Business Awards on June 24 at Hangar 51.

🎟️ Register today: https://thurstonedc.com/edc-business-awards/

06/10/2026

South Sound prairies have been managed by people for tens of thousands of years.

The First Peoples of this land maintained them by burning — clearing overgrown grasses, holding back the Douglas fir that would otherwise take over, and opening up space for native wildflowers to set seed and grow. The plants here evolved alongside that disturbance. They need it to survive.

Without active management, the prairies disappear. Douglas fir moves in. Invasive grasses crowd out the native species. The landscape that defined this region for thousands of years quietly converts to something else.

That's still happening today. And it's part of why we're running our cattle on the WDFW Violet Prairie Unit.

Conservation grazing lets us do strategically what fire once did naturally — graze the excess grass, open up the ground layer, give native plants the conditions they need to come back. It also removes the dense dead grass that increases wildfire risk. And it continues to raise the high-quality grass-finished beef that feeds families, school districts, and food banks across the region.

The cattle aren't just grazing. They're doing ecological work that connects this land to its history, to the people who managed it long before we did, and to the communities who depend on it now.

This is what we mean when we talk about stewardship. Not a word on a label. A practice that has to keep happening, season after season, for any of it to hold.

Read more on the blog: https://shop.colvinranch.com/blog/grazing-cattle-are-helping-conserve-the-prairie

06/08/2026

The little black dots in the meadow below are our steers getting the best grass at the ranch as they are getting close to their harvest date. We love this view from the hill behind the ranch because you can so clearly see how the glaciers and floods carved out this little prairie valley more than 10,000 years ago 💚

06/08/2026

When people ask me why I opened a store, the honest answer is that I got tired of not being able to point people anywhere.

Someone would come to us for beef and then ask, "Okay, where do I go for eggs?" For chicken? For something besides the grocery store? And I didn't always have a good answer. Not one I could stand behind.

So I built one.

Colvin Ranch Provisions is at the Agriculture Innovation Park in Tenino, and I stocked it the same way I run this ranch. Every producer on those shelves is someone I know, whose operation I've looked at, whose product I'd put on my own table. That's the only standard that made sense to me.

Last week, Riverbird Farm pastured chicken came in — their first delivery of the season. Will and Maia in Kamilche give their flock a full seasonal rest every winter, raise them on pasture with a corn-free, soy-free Washington-grown feed, and handle every step of processing themselves. It's the kind of operation I can point people toward without hesitation.

If you've trusted us with your beef, come see what else we're standing behind.

Colvin Ranch Provisions | Agriculture Innovation Park | Tenino, WA

— Jennifer

06/04/2026

Here's something I've noticed about summer: the people who don't stress about dinner are the ones who stocked their freezer in June.

July is grilling season. August is backyard season. September is football and back-to-school and suddenly you need something that comes together fast. If you've got a Colvin Ranch beef share in the freezer, all of those nights are already handled.

Our beef is grass-finished and raised right here in Tenino — same land, same family, going on five generations. Quarter, half, or whole shares available depending on what makes sense for your family and your freezer space.

[https://colvinranch.com/beef-pork-sides/

Questions about sizing or availability? Reach out — we're happy to talk through what works best for you.

06/02/2026

This project didn't start with me.

It started more than a decade ago — with a handful of local ranchers, my father among them, sitting around a table at a café in Tenino. Wayne Fournier, then Mayor of Tenino and now a Thurston County Commissioner, was one of the people in that room. He showed up wanting to understand what it would actually take to make agriculture viable here long-term. And then he kept showing up.

He'll be the first to tell you it wasn't always easy.

"Being a government official coming in and talking to farmers — it's not always welcome. You come in the room and you say, 'I'm from the government and I want to help.' You get kind of laughed out of the room. It takes a long time to build trust."

That trust got built. Slowly. Through years of meetings, coalitions, setbacks, and small wins. Through Commissioner Carolina Mejia pushing for a regional processing study that confirmed what producers had been saying for decades. Through Aslan Meade at the Thurston EDC spending ten years assembling the partnerships, funding, and vision that became the Agriculture Innovation Park — the same park where Colvin Ranch Provisions opened its doors, and where we're now preparing to break ground on a USDA processing facility.

Aslan said something on this podcast that I'll be honest — it stopped me in my tracks. "This generation comes back from California, which I swear to God is a unicorn — to find agricultural businesses that have the muscle and the vision and the commitment to take on a project like this, to find a tenant like this, that actually fulfills the mission of the park and is ready to move forward and invest their own capital — truly, an extraordinary partnership."

I didn't come back here to be a unicorn. I came back because this is home. But I also came back because of people like Wayne and Aslan and Carolina — because the groundwork they laid made it possible to believe that coming back was worth it.

None of us can do this alone. I'm really grateful to be a part of this community.

The full conversation is on the Conservation Starters podcast: https://www.conservationstarters.com/1903207/episodes/19131213-strengthening-local-food-systems-in-thurston-county-a-new-usda-meat-processing-facility

Thurston Conservation District Thurston Economic Development Council Wayne Fournier, Thurston County Commissioner District 4 Carolina Mejia, Thurston County Commissioner

05/28/2026

If filling your freezer with clean, local beef has been on your list, this is a good time to make it happen.

Colvin Ranch bulk beef shares are available, and this is one of the best ways to keep your family fed with grass-finished beef you can trust, at a price that makes sense for a real household. You choose the size, we handle the rest.

Questions? Stop by the store, call us, or send a message. We’re happy to walk you through the options.

https://colvinranch.com/beef-pork-sides/

05/27/2026

We found one - here’s what death camas looks like. This one was growing in our front yard. All parts of the plant are poisonous to humans and livestock. If you find one on your property, wear gloves, dig up the bulb and remove every part of the plant, including roots. Wrap in a plastic bag and toss in the trash. We’re keeping our eye out for more.