5 Providers Of Organic And Sustainable Meat And Fish For Conscious Consumers
It used to be that if you didn't have a local butcher shop, your only choice was the meat at the grocery store, with no idea of where it came from or how the animals were treated. Those days are over, and there are many sources for sustainable or organic products. Check out one of these five producers for the very best and freshest meat, poultry, and fish. This video was made with Ezvid Wikimaker.
5 Sources for Humanely-Raised Meat and Fish
| Name | Location | Offerings Include |
|---|---|---|
| Browder's Birds | Mattituck, NY | Poultry, eggs, honey, sauces & seasonings |
| Black Mountains Smokery | Wales, UK | Smoked salmon, chicken, duck, and various fish, pâté, cheese, and preserves |
| The Local Butcher Shop | Berkeley, CA | Sustainably-raised, fresh meat from whole carcasses, sausages, meatballs, stocks, and a "Sando of the Day" |
| Crowd Cow | Seattle, WA | Grass-fed, pasture-raised beef, free-range chicken, pork, and seafood, as well as Olive Wagyu, the rarest beef in the world |
| Stemple Creek Ranch | Tomales, CA | Lamb, beef, pork ribs, brisket, bacon, stew meat, jerky, and variety boxes |
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In Depth
Factory farmed meat, thanks to media coverage, has become less attractive to mindful consumers. Meat and fish from small-scale, local farms are growing in demand and consumers have numerous alternatives to industrialized sources. Whether it's for locally smoked fish or delivery services for grass-fed beef, consider these providers, listed here in no particular order.
First at #1, we have Browder's Birds, a livestock farm based in Long Island, New York, that raises chicken, turkey, duck, and sheep. Its founders left behind city life in 2010 to pursue small-scale sustainable farming. This led them to purchase a sixteen-acre farm and develop the means to process their own poultry on-site in a licensed, mobile facility.
Browder's Birds chicken is pasture-raised and available at their farmstand at local farmers' markets. Visitors can also purchase eggs and take a self-guided walk in the pasture. By joining Browder's Chicken and Egg CSA, consumers can receive regular offerings of whole chickens and a dozen eggs every week.
By joining Browder's Chicken and Egg CSA, consumers can receive regular offerings of whole chickens and a dozen eggs every week.
Next, at #2, is Black Mountains Smokery, a family-run gourmet food business based in Wales, United Kingdom. Their award-winning foods are carefully sourced from British suppliers and traditionally cured and smoked at their smokehouse. Black Mountains offers salmon, fish, poultry, and cheese for purchase or delivery.
Smoking and curing is a traditional craft. The quality of Black Mountains Smokery's food depends upon the care taken at each stage of the process, from the selection of materials to their preparation. Black Mountains uses modern kilns which maintain an even temperature, ensuring consistency and quality.
Coming in at #3 is The Local Butcher Shop, which offers their community sustainably-raised, local meat, all of which is from whole carcasses sourced directly from farmers located within 150 miles of Berkeley, California. Every animal is pasture-raised, with no antibiotics or hormones. Whole carcasses allow The Local Butcher Shop to make custom cuts to serve the community's needs.
Whole carcasses allow The Local Butcher Shop to make custom cuts to serve the community's needs.
The Shop is staffed with butchers who are also trained chefs and can help with cooking suggestions and recipes. In addition, they create a variety of sausages and stocks, along with the Sandwich of the Day, which features fresh meat, local produce, and locally baked bread.
Arriving at #4, we have Crowd Cow, a crowdfunded event-based delivery service that offers cuts of beef depending on what is available from their partner farms. Crowd Cow sources grass-fed and finished, pastured grain-finished, and A5 Wagyu, among other meats from independent producers in their network. Customers will always know the type of beef, who produced it, and how it was raised.
Crowd Cow looks to create an alternative to the current meat commodity system, and to foster a meaningful connection between the farmer and consumer. Crowd Cow works with farms that have been personally vetted for quality. Cow genetics, living conditions, and how the meat is to be cut and prepared is information that is shared with every member.
Crowd Cow works with farms that have been personally vetted for quality.
Finally, at #5 is Stemple Creek Ranch, a family-run beef, lamb, and pork ranch with a vision for raising quality grass-fed meats in Marin County, California. At over 1,000 acres, Stemple Creek Ranch is protected through the Marin Agricultural Land Trust to ensure it will remain a productive part of the Marin County agricultural landscape.
Stemple Creek Ranch seeks to create a sustainable future by utilizing cutting-edge technology, and through an intensive schedule of rotational grazing. Their animals are 100% grass-fed and can always be found on open pastures. Stemple Creek Ranch prides itself on maintaining strict genetic standards, and have carefully honed their herd over the past fifteen years.
