How We Do It

Everything we do is tied to our three pillars: Sustenance. Regeneration. Legacy. 

In 1887, when our great-great-great grandfather Thomas Jefferson Chapman purchased Elm Grove Farm, he cut cords of wood tirelessly and took them by horse down to our local ferry 'Ware Neck Landing' in order to afford it. That sentiment and utter-drive is still alive today, as our family has relished this property for almost a century and a half. We pride ourselves in attention to detail and verticalization, owning as many facets of 'production' as possible. With foundations in food science and start-ups we understand the importance of having an impeccable product, listening to our customers and continuous improvement. We pledge to always work our fingers to the bone for you and yours. 

Where does our grass-fed tallow come from?

We harvest our tallow from Our grass fed cows graze throughout the year and then eat hay silage or 'wet hay' through the winter, this ensures that even through the cold season our cattle are getting the most natural nutrients as possible. This means that their beef and their tallow provide the sustenance that grass-fed animals are known for. 

How do we grow and harvest our hops?

Hops emerge annually, and as the vines emerge we use coconut coir, tied to our hop trellis and anchored into the soil, we train them to those bine lines (ropes), and they then spend the next 1.5-2 months climbing up to 18+ feet. Over the next couple months they flower and mature until mid-August where we cut them down and harvest them by hand. From there, we've built a kiln that dries them, and then they are properly stored until it's time to use them. 

We make our tallow skincare products by hand and in a controlled environment.

• Using our commercial kitchen to we slowly render our raw grass-fed tallow down to its beautiful liquid form. This ensures our product is super luxurious in texture and virtually odorless.
• From there we add our natural beeswax pastilles, and allow them to gently melt into the "liquid gold". 
• Once the beeswax has completely melted, we use a sachet full of our kiln-dried whole cone hops and let them steep in order to extract the ultra-beneficial natural lupulin oils.
• We then lightly scent our products with steam derived essential oils; just enough to have a desirable scent, but not enough to irritate sensitive skin.