Beautiful Farms, Beautiful Meat

This week marks Sam's last week at the shop and we will bid him farewell as he moves on to other adventures in butchery and the culinary world. If you have been in at any point in the last year and a half you have surely met Sam and we will all be sad to see him go but are all a bit jealous of his next move.

We always love a reason to have a gathering and Monday the staff and friends will gather at Braeburn to share some food and take in the beauty of the farm. Many of you know that our meat comes from thoughtfully tended and stewarded farms but in reality, they really stand above and beyond the normal standards of most grass fed and pastured operations. At over 500 acres, Braeburn has been attentively cultivated over the last three decades to be the finest iteration of pastured beef production you can likely find anywhere. It's odd to think that the sight of lush, verdant grass on a farm would be unusual but it is absolutely not the norm in beef production. Frankly, most beef production looks about as close to the natural balance of life as a Slim Jim looks to a pastured pig. What we are able to do with the animals that we bring in is the direct result of farms that care fore and nurture every step of the process and know their product explicitly. When a quarter of beef looks unusually well finished, Doc will know exactly which cow that was and can comment on why that may be so. Don't you think that’s the meat you want to be feeding your family?

All this to say, we take great pride in the meat we offer and also the knowledge base we have cultivated from the intimate relationships we have with the farmers that produce it. If you have questions, esoteric or benign, bring them to us. We are happy to talk about all manner of what we do and always love to learn when we realize a gap in our knowledge. We also find it a privilege to provide meat to those who care as much as many of you do.

It's winter, so if you want something slow cooking put in an order early as those cuts have been finding homes fast. If you miss that opportunity or are just leaning different, let us know and we can point you in the right direction.