Almost six years ago, ButcherBox became more than just a meat company when we began offering wild-caught, Alaskan sockeye salmon to our customers for the first time. Since then, we’ve added more than a dozen wild-caught seafood products to our catalog. As we’ve expanded our seafood selection, we’ve heard from…
When I started ButcherBox, my intention was to source high-quality, humanely raised meat and make it easier for consumers to buy it online. Nearly a decade later, ButcherBox has become a whole lot more than that. What started out as an easy way to get meat delivered has turned into…
At ButcherBox, we consider ourselves more than just a meat and seafood company. We are on a mission to transform the meat industry by doing right by animals, the planet, farmers, workers and customers, one rigorous standard at a time. In 2020, this unwavering passion for believing in better led…
For more than a decade, the pristine waters of Bristol Bay, Alaska – where we source our salmon – have been under the threat of proposed mining activity that would effectively destroy the ecosystem. ButcherBox has been one of a multitude of parties, led by Indigenous peoples, fishermen, businesses, and…
No matter the season, gathering with friends and family over good food and conversation is what keeps us inspired here at ButcherBox. It’s why we love sharing recipes, kitchen tips & tricks, and stories on the traditions that keep us coming back to shared tables together. Yet not all Americans…
As a company whose mission is to transform the meat industry, we believe in equitable practices in the agricultural community. Whether it’s access to healthcare, financial planning, or technology, agriculture is one of the most under-resourced industries in the U.S. despite being the central provider of our most important resource:…
In 2018, California voters approved Proposition 12, the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative (also known as Prop 12), which establishes minimum space requirements for housing animals, including calves raised for veal, breeding pigs (or sows), and egg laying hens. The law also bans the sale of protein from animals raised below…
At ButcherBox, we’re committed to working with farmers, ranchers, and farmer cooperatives that envision a better way. One approach that can benefit the environment, the financial well-being of farmers, and the lives of animals is regenerative farming. In a previous post, we explained what regenerative agriculture is and how farmers…
The idea of achieving carbon neutrality—especially, as a company food industry company reliant on a massive supply chain, farming, and ranching—is something we’ve investigated for a while here at ButcherBox. We’ve shared some of what we’ve learned about the complexities—as well as some of the marketing green-washing—that can occur when…
Our company began with a simple mission to make high-quality meat and seafood accessible to all. However, we soon discovered that meant doing something not so simple: Rethinking the food system, particularly the dominant, or “conventional,” approach to farming and ranching in America. As we learned about the consequences of…
A key element of the ButcherBox mission is to transform the food system so that it’s better for the animal, farmer, planet, your family, and our shared communities. Making the complex, multi-faceted food system more equitable for all is one of the ways we think we can make a sizable…
Did you know that you can claim to be carbon neutral and have no positive impact on reducing greenhouse gases in the environment? We didn’t either until we started digging into our carbon footprint in 2020 in pursuit of making that claim. To put it bluntly, there are many shortcuts…