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| - One of the best things about living in Madison is the access to local, fresh food. You cultivate a relationship with food that's more than just about what looks great in a food photo. It's about understanding where your food comes from and the people who devote their careers to growing and creating the vegetables and meat that nourish you.
The Conscious Carnivore is a full service butcher that is environmentally and socially conscious. The butchers are knowledgeable about meat and animals, and they also have a relationship with local farmers who raise the cows and pigs.
The storefront is beautiful and clean, and things are packaged in the fridge so that you can browse and pick out what you want or need. They also do a Buyer's Club, which I signed up for. For $75, you get a monthly box of 10-12 lbs of meat. It's about 50% beef, 30% pork, and 20% other stuff. For my first box, I got 2 lbs of ground pork, 1 lbs of pork sausage, 1 lb of ground pork, 2 lbs of chicken, a t-bone steak, beef short ribs, london broil, and a package of beef snack sticks. You get 10% off anything in the store when you come in to pick up the box, and you can cancel at any point. I asked whether I could sign up for just one month to try it out and they said that'd be no problem. I just needed to let them know a couple of days before the next pick up date. After just one box, I'm looking forward to the next box and excited about the goodies that might show up. It's no wonder there's no minimum commitment. I'm continuing as long as my freezer doesn't get too full.
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