Traditional Breeds Accredited Butchers
Putting the very best meat on your plate
Good meat comes from good stock
Meadowfresh of Chesterfield are proud to be Traditional Breeds Accredited Butchers. With so much meat from supermarkets today produced for economy and ease of production, this has inevitably led to a reduction of quality and taste. That pale, insipid meat on the supermarket shelf will leave a pale insipid taste. It may be convenient and cheap, but will it be good for your family? As Carlo Petrini, President of Slow Food rightly says, "When I wear a pair of Armani trousers they do not become part of me. But when I eat a piece of meat it does. That's why I spend money on good food"
A difference you can taste
As seems natural, different tatses come from different stock. Cox's Orange Pippins and Granny Smiths apples both have their individual flavours and, similarly, meat from different traditional breeds raised in non-intensive, natural farming environments each has it's own unique eating qualities. Because traditional breeds grow more slowly than modern breeds, the meat develops a better, more distinct taste; a characteristic recognised by many leading chefs.Nor do they need growth promoters, hormones and routinely-fed antibiotics that give so much cause for concern. Science is demonstrating that fat found on animals raised on natural foods (the same fat that gives us that good "old-fashioned" succulence) has positive health benefits. Grass-fed livestock produce significant amounts of the same life-enhancing Omega 3 fatty acids as found in oily fish.
The Traditional Breeds Meat Marketing Company accredits independant butchers to stock and market meat from named rare and traditional breeds. By bringing our traditional skills to the proper preparation and hanging of meat, all the tenderness and juicy succulence will be brought out when the meat is lovingly cooked. And that is something you will definitely appreciate when you sit down to dinner.
A more natural way of farming
Not only does our meat taste so much better, but this way of farming makes for happier, more contented animals too. Indeed the very lack of stress helps improve the quality of the meat. These breeds are natural conservationists; cattle grazing on coarse grasses and sedges, pigs rooting in woodland and scrub clear invasive plants creating areas where wild flowers can germinate - qualities recognised by English Nature who now actively promote their use in what is known as Conservation Grazing.
The rare and traditional breeds' meat sold by Meadowfresh comes largely from small local farms where the animal's welfare is of the utmost concern and the owners have a close working relationship with their stock. Another difference from the supermarkets and most butchers is that all our stock is farmed locally - reducing stress and environmental damage caused by long-distance travel.
