Exploring the World of Craft Meat


Meet Kathryn Ficarra: Crowd Cow Ambassador (example)

October 31st, 2018 by Faith Deutschle • Read 16,790 times • less than one min read

Kathryn Ficarra is Crowd Cow's Head of Marketing, helping to connect people to the very best independent beef ranches everywhere. This is an example ambassador page. Why is it important for you to know where your food comes from? As a parent and someone who care about my health, it's important for me to know that the animals, the environment and the quality and health of the meat I eat has been accounted for. That assurance only happens when I...

Read »


Press Release: Crowd Cow Hires Michelle Newbery as CFO and Kathryn Ficarra as Head of Marketing

October 30th, 2018 by Jon Whitely • Read 35,505 times • 1 min read

Crowd Cow hires Michelle Newbery as CFO and Kathryn Ficarra as head of marketing

Read »


Thanksgiving Turkey - 4 Ways

October 24th, 2018 by Jack Beighle • Read 47,946 times • 1 min read

Greg Gunthorp, a fourth generation farmer, has been raising turkeys on open pasture for over 20 years, and after visiting Greg’s farm in Lagrange, Indiana, we knew we had found something special. For the second consecutive Thanksgiving, we are proud to be partnering with Gunthorp Farms to bring you the best-tasting, pasture-raised turkeys. After last year's success and rave customer reviews, we knew we'd be back for more. Gunthorp Farms' birds...

Read »


Discover Craft Meat from Around the Globe!

October 17th, 2018 by Jack Beighle • Read 29,129 times • 1 min read

Say goodbye to a world where angus beef reigns king. Craft beef is a worldwide phenomenon with terroir, breed, and practice unique to each region and locale. Check out some of the world’s most unique craft beef! Tasmania, Australia Tasmania, Australia– Islands with year round rain create a subtropical environment where cattle can graze and even roam the beach! Learn more [https://www.crowdcow.com/ranch/westmore-pastoral]Olive Wagyu from...

Read »


Touring Tasmania for craft meat

October 5th, 2018 by Caitlin Postal • Read 60,594 times • 3 min read

Robbins Island cattle being rotated across water As you know from our trips to Japan (Kagoshima in July [https://www.crowdcow.com/blog/i-took-the-ultimate-beef-journey-in-japan] and Kagawa in August [https://www.crowdcow.com/blog/visiting-olive-wagyu-grill-takamatsu]) and Texas [https://www.crowdcow.com/blog/a-trip-to-texas], we really like to visit our partner ranchers. We get to know the farmers and their practices, seeing them in action...

Read »


Craft meat is global and we're bringing it to you

October 3rd, 2018 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 41,941 times • 2 min read

When Ethan and I started Crowd Cow a few years ago, we had a simple purpose: to find the best beef possible. For us, and to this day, that means seeking out the very best of small-scale, independent farms who are uncompromising in their dedication to flavor, quality and high ethical standards. That search led us to dozens of farms across the Pacific Northwest, where an abundance of rain leads to lush pastures and some of the best-tasting...

Read »


Press Release: Crowd Cow Expands to Source Craft Meat from Independent Farms Around the World

October 3rd, 2018 by Jon Whitely • Read 39,265 times • 2 min read

SEATTLE, October 3, 2018 – Crowd Cow, the marketplace for craft meat, has announced its plan to offer craft meat [https://www.crowdcow.com/from-around-the-world] from around the world, beginning with today’s launch of Westmore Pastoral [https://www.crowdcow.com/ranch/westmore-pastoral] in Tasmania. Only Crowd Cow explores the farthest reaches of the world to bring the highest quality and best tasting craft meats directly to U.S. customers. “We...

Read »


Craft Beef Around the World (Infographic)

October 3rd, 2018 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 41,862 times • less than one min read

Unique varieties of craft meat can be found on the smallest of ranches all around the world. These high quality, delicious craft meats are often in areas that are hard to reach due to difficult supply chains, local regulations, language barriers, and many other challenges. Scouting out the very best farmers, building relationships with them, and sharing their outstanding craft meats is Crowd Cow’s specialty. ...

Read »


Shake Shack helped us uncover our secret weapon - ground beef!

October 1st, 2018 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 34,787 times • 1 min read

People love farmer's markets because they're a place where one can meet local, small-scale producers and bring home the very best food. What we're doing with Crowd Cow is taking concept and running with it, focusing solely on craft meat. That's why we say Crowd Cow is the marketplace for craft meat. We've searched the world for the very best of these regional farmer's market champions -- who are uncompromising in their dedication to flavor,...

Read »


A tasting flight to blow people's minds

September 28th, 2018 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 70,044 times • 1 min read

The other day I had a special house guest, and I wanted to show them how exciting, delicious and easy-to-cook Craft Beef from Crowd Cow is -- better than anything sold anywhere else online, in stores or even in high end steak houses. So I reached into my freezer and pulled three New York steak cuts from three very different farms and breeds: * a spectacularly marbled A5 Kuroge Washu striploin from Japan (raised in Kagoshima which earned...

Read »