The Ethical Butcher Journal

Welcome to our ethical butcher journal and recipe blog! We celebrate sustainable, humane meat sourcing, sharing expert butchery tips, farm-to-table stories, and delicious recipes. Join us to explore ethical practices, support local farmers, and cook hearty meals that honour quality and responsibility in every bite.

How to cook a turkey...properly
How to cook a turkey...properly
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How to cook a turkey...properly

Don't worry about cooking a bird on the big day, follow these tips and you'll be a carving hero!

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Why do we need regenerative pork?
Why do we need regenerative pork?
Environment Nutrition Pig

Why do we need regenerative pork?

Can pork be regenerative? When we think of regenerative farming systems, the focus is all too often on the grazing...
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How to cook a turkey...properly
Bird Christmas recipe xmas recipe
Glen Burrows
How to cook a turkey...properly

Don't worry about cooking a bird on the big day, follow these tips and you'll be a carving hero!

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Turkeys
Bird Christmas Environment Ethics
Glen Burrows
Bird Flu and Christmas

Why do we have turkey at Christmas? From Wikipedia: The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, native...

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Lupin Beans
Bird Environment Ethics
Glen Burrows
Alternatives to soy? - The mighty Lupin Bean

Do you know what a lupin beans is? We didn't until recently but we're excited about the possibilities they offer...

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Duckweed - A problem that can also be a solution!
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Glen Burrows
Duckweed - A problem that can also be a solution!

Sometimes all we need is a shift of perspective. One of the many problems of intensive farming is manure or...

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KFC Plant Based Chicken
Bird Environment Ethics
Glen Burrows
KFC and the big vegan greenwash.

Picture - What Sandwich War? KFC Sells Out of Plant-Based ‘Chicken’ in Atlanta The fast-food chain tested Beyond Fried Chicken...

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Roast Chicken
Bird Nutrition Recipes
Glen Burrows
How to cook our chicken – times and prep | The Ethical Butcher

Most of the meats we sell and eat are muscles. They're the parts of an animal that are made from proteins and...

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Hannah Thorogood of The Inkpot Permaculture Organic Farm in Lincolnshire
Bird Environment
Glen Burrows
Probably the best turkey in the country.
Find out why we think we might have the best turkeys in the UK and meet Hannah, the farmer who produces them.
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Pasture fed chicken runs
Bird Environment Ethics
Glen Burrows
Soy free chicken
We're collaborating with a very forward thinking farmer to grow the best most ethically raised chicken we possibly can without the use of soy in the feed.
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