Libby Lewis: Lewis Cattle Company

Richmond native Libby Lewis left the familiar confines of office
and city life for the family's Shenandoah Valley farm. But don't
call her a cow farmer.


"Maybe a steward of the land," Lewis said when asked about her
new job title. "Someone dedicating their life now to bringing
healthy meat to families in Virginia."


As the CEO of Lewis Cattle Company, her mission is to get
high-quality beef onto kitchen tables across Virginia.


"I decided about a year and a half ago that I was super
frustrated with the food industry and the quality of the meat
that you can find in grocery stores and knew that we could do it
better,"  she said.


To accomplish her mission, Lewis had to first convince her
husband to let her change the way their family farm did business.


"His first thing was, 'no, you're going to get tired of it.
You're going to do this for a month, and then you're going to
quit because you're not going to like the farming aspect of it,'"
she recalled. "After about six weeks, I came to him and I had
found a refrigerated truck. I had it wrapped in our logo. And
here we are 16 - 17 months later, and I'm diving deeper and
deeper into it. So he's stunned."


Lewis Cattle Company is now offering its ribs, beef, and steaks
for home delivery. To learn more about Lewis Cattle Company,
click here.


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