Over funding!
We're pleased to announce that our crowdfunding had started well with significant overfunding. There's still some equity available and investments can be made form as little as £10. Invest in the future of our business and protect the environment for future generations.
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£1,065,256 current funding
As of Today, Wednesday 7th July. There is still some equity for sale, invest in the future.
Farshad Kazemian, Co-founder and CEO
Glen Burrows - Co-founder and Marketing Director
Our Mission
Changing the way we farm animals to be regenerative, not destructive.
Meat has been an important part of our diet for millennia but factory farming has become the norm. Factory farming is input intensive, can be destructive to the environment and does not have the animals welfare at its heart, we believe in another way. It is possible to farm with nature, keeping animals in natural systems that restore soil health, improve biodiversity and gives the animals a longer better life while producing a more nutritious product for us.
Transparency and traceability
We believe that consumers are confused and have been mislead by the food industry and we will continue to educate and encourage asking of the question, the right questions. We will continue to use our team of writer, photographers and filmmakers to offer the consumer and unprecedented transparency as to the provenance of what we sell.
Ethical
A Responsible Investment
Our business model goes beyond sustainability, we are actively working with our suppliers to help them become regenerative and to support them throughout the process. It is possible to reverse the damage done by poor farming practices in the past and even to offset human induced climate change through carbon sequestration, taking Co2 out of the air and locking it into the land.
Why are we Seeking investment?
We launched our online platform in February 2020, just before the pandemic hit. Since launch, we’ve fulfilled well over 5,000 orders and we’re growing fast. So much so, that we’re seeking investment in order to better capitalise on this growth and expand our current operations.
The primary use of the funds will be to facilitate our move to a bigger purpose built unit with more fridge space and a larger packing area, offering more suitable loading and unloading bays. This will allow us to improve our operational efficiency, reducing costs and increasing capacity.We will look to build on our current team, bringing in new talent to focus on our sales and marketing strategy, administrative capabilities and to drive better financial management.
Our marketing strategy to date has relied heavily on organic interactions with customers. Raising funds allows us to inject capital into our marketing budget and improve on our already impressive reach.
Our business model is now proven and the team knows that now is the time to fuel our growth and become leading players driving change in the consumer shift towards responsible consumption..
Origins & Founders
Farshad Kazemian:
Originally trained as a lawyer, has been in the meat industry for over 15 years. He worked hard and quickly started his own business supplying meat to some of London’s top restaurants. Having worked at London’s famous Smithfield Market and won multiple awards, including The Guild of Fine Food Top 50 Foods in Britain and Ireland, Farshad knows what he’s talking about when it comes to meat.
However, during this time Farshad realised that the industry needed to change significantly. People had become too disconnected from their food and the land it comes from. He knew that the industry needed to shift to keep up with changing consumer behaviour. Whilst getting the ideas together for a new direction in the industry Farshad met Glen and between them their passions and skill sets combined perfectly to form The Ethical Butcher.
Glen Burrows:
Glen originally studied food science and human nutrition but followed a different career path of photography and film in the commercial world. Over a 20 year career Glen has worked with blue chip brands on global campaigns as well as holding the position of Director of Photography for Men's Fitness Magazine.
Glen ate a plant based diet for 25 years before becoming what he describes as a conscientious omnivore and has thrown himself into researching the subject from all angles, even acting as a nutrition coach to professional athletes with great success, he combines this passion for food, ethics, the environment and 30 years in the commercial sector to have an unparalleled authority for the imagery and messaging that dictates how the business communicates.
The Business:
Both founders know that quality and sustainability are absolutely paramount if the meat industry is to flourish in the long term, however,it’s not just about positive impact production methods, it’s also about taste and Farshad's connections within hospitality have given him tremendous insight into the importance of terroir when it comes to meat. This is why The Ethical Butcher wants to kick-start a ‘craft beef’ revolution, to show the world that meat can taste incredible, be nutritious for us as humans and have a positive impact on the environment.
Eating meat shouldn't cost the earth.
We believe that as a society we have become far too disconnected from our food and the land it comes from. The revolution is coming.
At The Ethical Butcher we are changing how animals and humans coexist in the food chain and how we view our place in nature.
Our Farmers
Our farmers honour natural systems and farm in ways that increase biodiversity and regenerate the land, having a positive impact on the British countryside, animal welfare and, of course, the people who eat their meat.
Many of our farmers have measured a net loss of carbon as a result of the methods they employ, improving soil health and combating climate change.
We believe all farming should be like this, so a proportion of our profits are channeled into training more farmers in regenerative techniques so that good meat is more widely available.
Our Success
We have moved from a fledgeling to established brand in a few short months, and our innovations are now exemplars that others are seeking to imitate. Our partnership innovations with our farmers have produced a few industry firsts, such as, our famous Soy-Free Chicken which won a Great Taste Award.
- We are truly proud, after a mere 6 months in operation, to be selected as finalists for two prestigious national Butcher Shop of the Year Award. 2020
Finalist for Online Butcher of the Year. For our website and the entire online service.
Finalist for the Innovation of the Year. For the only 100% Soy free chicken available in the UK.
- The only online butcher certified by the PFLA in London
- Three Great Taste 2020 Awards. For our Persian Chicken Kebabs, Soy-Free Chicken and Iron Age Pork rib eye steaks
- Featured in the Telegraph and The Times
- The only butcher recognised as a ‘hero’ by London on the Inside, London’s biggest independent lifestyle publication.
- Partnership with 18 PFLA farms in the UK
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