Butcher shops

 

Butcher shops are all about meat, but not every butcher shop specializes in grass-fed, pasture raised, or free-range meats. Here’s a national map of humane butcher shops. Click on your state to find a shop that sources the majority of its meat from humane farms.


We are currently updating this list. Email Humaneitarian if you know of a humane butcher shop that should be added.

Arizona

Forbes Meat Company (Tucson)

Arcadia Meat Market (Phoenix)

The Meat Shop (Phoenix)

 

California

Le French Butcher Shop (Los Angeles)

Gwen Butcher Shop (Los Angeles)

Marin Sun Farms (Point Reyes Station and Oakland)

Clove & Hoof (Oakland)

Olivier's Butchery (San Francisco)

Belcampo Meat Co. (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Larkspur, Oakland)

Colorado
Connecticut

Fleishers (Greenwich & Westport)

Delaware

Delaware Dept. of Agriculture:

summer/fall markets

What's humane?

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Everyone defines "humane" differently. Humaneitarian takes a broad, inclusive view: that "humanely raised meat" should at least come from animals that weren't raised in the standard factory farm way.

So a humane butcher shop (as defined here) primarily sells meat that is:

  • 100% grass-fed
  • Grass-fed, then minimally grain-finished
  • Pasture raised
  • Certified organic
  • Free range
  • Humane certified

There are many butcher shops in America that sell a little bit of humanely raised meat, but they aren't listed here. Email Humaneitarian if you know of a great butcher shop that's committed to the humane treatment of animals.