Sunset Valley Farms, LLC - Broad Brook, Connecticut

robert S.

Amazing. After looking around for local quality beef for quite sometime, I found Sunset Valley Farms this past winter. Living in the area really helped seeing the land the cows are raised in and it shows in leaps and bounds in the quality of beef. Picked up my beef for the first time, and cooked up a porterhouse the same night. Tender. Juicy. Fat caramelized easy in the pan. Deep rich flavor throughout. If local quality and healthy raised beef is what you're looking for, send them a message and get on the list. Well worth the wait and im glad I took the plunge.

Barbara T.

I LOVE purchasing my beef from this family farm. If I had enough room in my freezer, I would purchase pork as well! They are most accommodating and friendly, which is frosting on the cake because the meat I've gotten is fantastic. It tastes like the childhood meat we used to have. I've ordered two times and both times I've ordered a 1/4 cow. That lasts my family of two about a year. The variety is wonderful. Everything is labeled, flash frozen and boxed, ready to go. In my opinion, you can't beat the price. When you go on their grounds, you will love what you see. It's beautiful grazing land. I highly recommend Sunset Valley Farms.

Anjenette B.

We have been buying both a quarter cow and a half pig from Sunset Valley Farms, for 3 years now. After our first purchase, there was no going back to eating meat from the grocery store. The taste and quality of meat is always consistent and top notch. I highly recommend them as I have to all of my family and friends.

Ryan P.

Excellent beef!! Thanks so much for the beef. My wife and I purchased a 1/4 cow from Sunset Valley today. We are blow away with the quality of the meat. Everything comes individually packaged and labeled. We will definitely be purchasing from them again. Thanks Steve and Jan.

UPDATE: We purchased half a pig from Steve and Jan as well. The pig was amazing as well! We just ordered a full pig for this year and picked up a 1/2 cow last weekend. Thanks again.

Kristi G.

Janis and Steve, and of course Maggie, at Sunset Valley Farms are beyond wonderful!! When we contacted the farm to buy beef for our small business months ago we knew we made the right choice by how much they care. The cows are all grass fed and all the meat comes vacuum sealed with labels. Even with these hard times we need to help each other and I couldn't think of a better way than supporting local farms. I will absolutely buy from them again and encourage anyone else who can to do so!

Ryan B.

A week ago I picked up a bulk order of beef from Sunset Valley farms. In the past week I made tacos and meatloaf with ground beef, and tonight I finally tried some steaks. I only lightly seasoned it and it was one of the best steaks I’ve ever had. Up next I need to try one of my roasts. Will definitely be a returning customer!

Amanda S.

This local farm was so great to work with in every way. They were responsive with all my questions, it was easy to coordinate pickup (plus they came boxed), they are affordable for such high quality beef, and its delicious. I love knowing the cows were grass fed and grass finished, and treated well. Highly recommend!

Adrienne H.

Buying from Sunset Valley was our family's first experience with ordering meat locally, and in bulk. Going with Sunset Valley was the best experience from start to finish! We went with an option that got us about 50 pounds of meat in various cuts. First of all, it's really cost effective. My EXTREMELY rough calculations showed that for my family and the way that we purchase beef at our normal grocery store, Sunset Valley is about half of the cost. Since we were new to this, I had to purchase a small chest freezer for just over $100 (it's tucked in the corner of our garage and takes up no space at all).

The owners, Steve and Jan are the nicest people to work with, and walked me through what kind of meat I could expect, what went into the price, and the best way to store and prepare the cuts of meat. Once I had my 50 pounds, (about two banana boxes) we were off!

So as if the experience of working with a wonderful, local farm wasn't enough to convince us, we were 100% sold after we prepared our first meal. You get about 10 different cuts of meat, all vacuum sealed and labeled: flank steak, stewing meat, kebab meat, T-bones, delmonicos, porter house, rib eyes, roasts, brisket, filets, and ground beef. So opening your freezer is kind of like standing in front of the meat counter at your grocery store, minus the commute!

We went with rib eyes for our first try, and they were so flavorful, so tender and tasted so clean. This was really our first time trying grass fed, and you can taste a big difference in the flavor of the meats. Since then, we've made beef stew, where the meat was so tender it almost shredded, and an amazing pot roast. It really is cool knowing when you sit down for dinner what you're eating, where it came from, and what the cow was fed.

The coolest part I think is that it changes the way you shop. We decide what we want to eat for the week now, based on what we have in the freezer. So we pick which meat we'd like to enjoy for the week and build our shopping list around that. It cuts your shopping bill down significantly each week, and saves time. We usually supplement with one fish meal a week, and the rest we enjoy our meat from Sunset Valley. For our family of three people, we've had the meat for over a month, and I'm estimating that the 50 pounds will last us 3-4 months.

I cannot recommend this enough for a family that already shops small/local, but especially to anyone who is on the fence about it. We are already planning on purchasing from Sunset quarterly, so we can continue to save time and money, and have confidence in what we're eating. BEST experience all around from start to finish!