Market
This is a partial list of Artisan Butchers and other retail and online sources of farm-specific or source verifiable meats. Where noted, we have direct experience with their services. If we’re missing you or your favorite, please let us know!
Artisan Butchers
Tracy Smarciarz, Heritages Meats, Rochester, WA. Beef, pork, and lamb. USDA and custom butcher and retail. Read our reviews here and here.
John Rediess and Amy Sipes-Rediess, John’s Custom Meats, KY. Beef, pork, lamb, goat, chicken, rabbit and game. Farmer, USDA and custom slaughterhouse, butcher and retail. Read our review.
Mike, Jay, Jason, and Dave Smuckers, Smuckers Meats, PA. Beef, pork, deer. USDA and custom slaughterhouse and butcher.
Mike Lorentz, Lorentz Meats, MN. Beef, bison, pork. USDA and European Union approved slaughterhouse and butcher.
Co-Ops (Retail and Online)
US Wellness Meats (grass-fed, wet-aged English Cross Breeds). Read our review.
Kobe Beef America (grain-fed, wet-aged Wagyu – Angus Cross). Read our review.
Country Natural Beef (grain-fed, wet-aged and dry-aged, mixed breeds). Read our review.
Whole Foods Southeast (White Oak Pastures) (grass-fed, wet-aged, Angus Cross). Read our review.
Tallgrass Beef (grass-fed, wet-aged, mixed breeds).
Thousand Hills Cattle Company (grass-fed, wet-aged, mixed breeds).
Farms & Ranches We’ve Reviewed
Here is a list of all farms and ranches reviewed on this site.
Home Artisan Steak Tasting Kits
Please visit our sister company to purchase a Discover Beef Experience Artisan Steak Tasting kit and host a tasting at your home.
I created the concept of Artisan Meat and evaluate, rate, and create professional tasting notes for individual farms, ranches, and butcher teams. Some call me the Robert Parker of Meat, others Beef Geek. 
