Kosher pastured poultry now available in Boston
Starting this month, Grow and Behold Foods will be offering its pastured chicken to customers in Boston, delivering to Hebrew College in Newton and Temple Emunah in Lexington on August 31. (Order by 6pm on Friday, August 27th.)
G&B’s pastured products are two to three times more expensive than industrial kosher poultry because it is produced with exceptional attention to kashrut, animal welfare, worker treatment, and sustainable agriculture. According to CEO Naftali Hanau:
Our poultry is produced under the supervision of the OU and the USDA. These chickens are the real deal: they are raised to our exacting specifications by Amish farmers, who move them daily to ensure that they eat from a fresh salad bar of growing pasture. Their diet is supplemented by a small amount of GMO-free grain. None of our meat is ever given hormones or antibiotics. You’ve never had chicken this good before!
The fact that a properly raised and processed chicken costs this much has forced me to reflect on just how much meat my family eats. Decades of artificially lowered meat prices in America have caused consumption to reach unhealthy and unsustainable levels—and the kosher community has not been exempt. I would bet that if families calculated how much they spend annually on meat, and instead used that amount to purchase Grow and Behold products, they would be more satisfied (by the higher meat quality) and far healthier (from lower overall consumption).
It’s not an easy step to take, especially since cultural expectations for lavish Shabbat and holiday meals push people to excess. It’s not even a step I’m fully prepared to take just now. But it’s important to start thinking about what and how much we consume. Without adopting sustainable practices in our homes, we can’t expect the meat industry to follow suit.
Here are all the details about Boston delivery:
Chicken will be delivered frozen. If there is enough interest, we will make regular deliveries to the Boston area. Please let us know – info@growandbehold.com if you’d be interested in ordering fresh or frozen chicken throughout the fall! There is no minimum order. Order only the cuts and quantities you want! Orders over $75 will receive 10% off. Enter the coupon code ROSH10. A small delivery fee of $7 will be added to your order to cover the cost of getting the chicken to you.
yes, I am interested in the chicken, but am wondering about possible delivery to Sharon that has a sizable observant community. Hopefully more members of this community are writing to you as well.
I ordered chicken along with a friend of mine and will be picking up in Newton, MA. I live in Sharon as well and would order on a regular basis if I could pick up in Sharon.
I’m hoping I can add on to the order – I missed the deadline – but def. next time!
There IS a lot of interest from us Sharon folks!
For those in the NYC area looking for pasture-fed, sustainably raised kosher meat, look into Red Heifer Farm (http://www.redheiferfarm.com). Owned by an UWS family, the farm, located in upstate NY near Lake George, operates according to Joel Salatin’s approach to sustainable farming. All meat is shechted and processed with full kosher supervision (chicken is under OU & CRC; beef, veal and lamb are under Rabbi Marmorstein). You can find Red Heifer on Friday mornings at the NYC Greenmarket at 97th & Columbus or via delivery in NYC (see website).
I think this is a great step for all Jews living in the US. But I also believe that quite a lot of people will be eager to buy poultry of that high quality.
I am interested in pasture fed chicken and also in
pastured organic marrow bones from meat.