Our Story

Walden was born in 2013 over a pasture-raised roast chicken and a simple realization—the healthiest, most flavorful food comes from small, hard-working farms, not big industrial ones.

Factory farming has a stranglehold on our food system. It churns out cheap, tasteless meat, devastates the environment, and squeezes farmers to the brink. We knew there had to be a better way—a way to reconnect people with their food and the farmers who raise it.

We’ve spent the last 11 years building that food system. We partner with over 60 independent, family-run farms across the East Coast. These folks don’t cut corners. They raise animals on regenerative pastures, using practices that rebuild soil, store carbon, and protect the land for future generations. No feedlots. No shortcuts. No nonsense. When you buy from Walden, four times more of every dollar goes back to these farmers than when you shop at a supermarket.

The meat? It speaks for itself. Grass-fed beef, pasture-raised pork and chicken, and lamb raised as nature intended—all bursting with flavor and packed with nutrition. Every share we deliver celebrates the whole animal, from everyday staples like ground beef, chicken thighs, and breakfast sausage to heirloom cuts like Bavette steak, pork jowls, and lamb ribs you won’t find at a grocery chain. It’s like having a personal farmer’s market delivered to your door.

But Walden is about more than better meat. It’s about rewriting the rules. We believe food should be local, honest, and personal. We believe small farms—not factory farms—should be the backbone of our food system. And we believe in leaving the land better than we found it, so future generations can thrive.

Some call it common sense. We call it the Walden Way.