Food & Drink

A Delicious Roundup of Our Favorite Provision Companies

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Food rules. It’s a simple truth that’s driven our evolution into insatiable omnivorous beings. Alongside our innate connection to and dependance on all things delicious, we’ve also invented new methods to cook and consume our way into gluttony on demand. New eating habits via speedy food delivery services, automated grocery shopping, and subscription programs for every foodie imaginable have found their way into our stomachs. All it takes is the click of a button to satisfy your wildest cravings.

Lucky for us, every new trend in convenience also offers opportunities for improved business practices, more ethical habits of consumption, and novel ideas for a more sustainable future. We rounded up a few of our favorite provision companies that not only take the ease out of eating well, but who also ensure that we’re being conscious about the origin of the sustenance that keeps fueling us forward.

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ButcherBox

Depending on who you talk to, meat is considered a superfood, especially when it’s grass-fed. When a cow eats a diet it has evolved to digest, the resulting meat is marbled and chock full of vitamins, minerals and especially healthy fats. Dr. Temple Grandin, a member of the Humane Farm Animal Care Program’s scientific committee, guides ButcherBox to ensure its relationship with the animal is reciprocal. Those humane practices also extend to its chicken and pork, ensuring that customizable boxes available in America are akin to getting it from “the neighborhood butcher.”

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Epic Provisions

From humble beginnings to critical mass, Epic Provisions has led the pack for minimally processed, nutrient-dense packaged goods. Drafting off the Paleo trend that follows a leafy veggie diet with grass-fed packed protein and other healthy animal fats, founders Katie Forrest and Taylor Collins started as entrepreneurs in the food business by making the world’s first 100-percent grass-fed meat, fruit, and nut bar. Since those humble beginnings, the range of products have exploded to epic proportions to include a range of bars, every jerky imaginable, bone broth, and even animal fats. A recent purchase by food giant General Mills will ensure Epic’s nourishing message reaches customers nationwide.

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Greensbury

Good research begets even better decisions. That’s why Greensbury celebrates over 13 years of being in business by collaborating with farms and fisheries that have to uphold a rigorous standard. The resulting products tick all the clean-food boxes: Their beef is not only organic, but it’s grass-fed too, on only a few select pastures. Chickens, pigs, lamb, and wild game like bison also roam free to graze on biodiverse land. Greensbury also offers seafood like bright wild sockeye salmon; well-marbled, wild-caught yellowfin tuna; and a delicious range of shellfish. Greensbury is completely transparent about its supply chain, making it an easy choice to get the taste of Maine, Florida, Alaska, and even Vermont delivered to your doorstep across all 48 states.

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Jose Gourmet

If you wander into select boutiques in a few major cities across the U.S., a small box of octopus in olive oil, trout filets in pickled sauce or spiced mackerel pâté may catch your attention. On the outside, the eye-catching packaging of novel tapas-style tins is designed by artist Luís Mendonça, who artfully articulates the elegance of their contents. Tradition is at the heart of this Portugal-based company, a destination known for catching and sharing some of the world’s most delicious seafood. Like the others listed here, Jose Gourmet sources only the finest products from a supply chain steeped in a seafaring tradition that brings their customs to your kitchen table.

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Pasture Provisions

Do you live in Boulder, Colo., or the greater Denver Metro Area? If so, make Pasture Provisions your go-to resource for clean meat and veggies. The service ensure its suppliers act as stewards taking the necessary steps to deliver the best possible product to customers’ doorsteps. Those principles are backed by the guarantee of no grain, no antibiotics, no growth hormones, no synthetic fertilizers, no pesticides, or herbicides all topped by the mantra of “You Are What You M(eat),” further backing the provision company’s promise of conscious consumption. With that, you’ll be happy you chose Pasture one bite at a time.

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Patagonia Provisions

A good story builds a brand, and Patagonia’s is so rooted in the concept of conservation that adding a sustainable food arm to its legacy makes so much sense, we wonder why the outdoor clothing and gear giant didn’t do it sooner. But those years of development put Patagonia in the position to answer the pressing question of why with a few pointed and purposeful sentences on almost every pack. Its mussels pull double duty, playing a prominent role in improving water quality for other aquatic animals while also serving as an excellent source of protein and iron. Its salmon-fishing source leans on strict criteria set forth by the Wild Fish Conservancy, which outlines the need to preserve ocean populations for future generations. A long history outdoors also led to developing portable soups and chilis that taste as good on the trail as they do at home.

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