ButcherBox is excited to announce—that for the second year—we are sponsoring Farm Aid. Since our inception, ButcherBox has prioritized the well-being of farmers and supporting family farming. We continue to stand with farmers of all walks of life and farming communities, and we are dedicated to increasing racial equity in the […]
John Tamblyn runs a family farm just south of Chicago, Illinois—but that hasn’t always been the case. Nearly ten years ago, a typical workday involved helping others find their dream home. Today, mother nature is his manager as John—a Niman Ranch farmer—and his family spend time caring for hogs and […]
Walking through her chicken houses for the third time in a day, organic chicken farmer Bobbi Jo Webber can’t help but smile: She is in her happy place. A Family Affair Bobbi Jo has been farming for more than 20 years. With her husband and kids as much a part […]
How do you start a career in lobstering? Growing up in the coastal Maine town of Cape Elizabeth, just south of Portland, lobstering was not how most kids spent their time. But by ages seven and eight, John and Brendan Ready would rise early, meet their uncle’s pickup waiting on […]
Overalls. Boots. Red barns. Old tractors. These are a few of the things that might come to mind when imagining farmers.
Some people use their phones as an alarm clock in the morning. Others wake up to a pet, a loved one, or even the sound and smell of breakfast cooking. A select few, however, rise with the sun—or before—to meet the day and see what mother nature has planned. Niman […]
We’re proud to partner with a farm that exemplifies family farming in America and what it means to believe in better. Jaindl Turkey Farms can trace its origins back to the early 1930s when John L. Jaindl— grandfather of the current owner and President, David Jaindl—purchased five turkeys from a […]
Matt Luck is the founder of Pride of Bristol Bay and Alaska Wild Caught Seafood, ventures that source wild-caught salmon from small, family-run fishing operations in Bristol Bay, Alaska. As a fisherman and purveyor, Matt supplies the sustainably-harvested wild Alaskan salmon now available through ButcherBox through his company Alaska Wild Caught Seafood. For more […]
Jaclynn Knutson grew up on her family’s farm in Turner County, South Dakota, and, as far back as she remembers, she helped with the farm and hog operations. Currently a senior at South Dakota State University, Jaclynn is a three-time Niman Ranch Next Generation Scholarship Award Winner and will graduate […]
Regenerative agriculture is a practice that is increasingly gaining notice from the general public. However, within the farmer community — and beyond, more recently — there is some growing conflict on what regenerative actually means. Are all organic farms automatically “regenerative” without further action? Can farm animals be raised in […]
John Gilbert believes that farming has a continued, prominent role to play in American daily life—in terms of the economic well-being and health, for both the land and its people. We were introduced to John through Niman Ranch, one of the nation’s largest collectives of traditional, humane, and sustainable family […]
There is a massive overlap among people who are conscious about how the food they eat is sourced and those who think a great deal about how their lifestyle choices impact the environment. I often hear from folks concerned about the environment, who state that they would “eat more red […]