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 […]
What does it mean to make a “carbon neutral” or “net-zero emissions carbon footprint” commitment? It means the company is eliminating or capturing as much greenhouse gas as it creates. At ButcherBox, we’re not pursuing a carbon neutral commitment. Why? We’ll share the research that led us to this path in a […]
In 2020, 35 million people in America faced hunger. That is more than one in nine people across the country. At ButcherBox™, we’re dedicated to getting more wholesome food on more people’s plates and that’s why we are teaming up with Feeding America® once again this year to help end […]
In 2020, ButcherBox joined forces with American Farmland Trust (AFT) to support their COVID-19 Farmer Relief Fund, which had a goal of getting money to struggling farmers quickly and efficiently. The Farmer Relief Fund provided grants of $1,000 to more than 1,600 small and midsize farmers and producers across the […]