Reviving True Butchercraft
Our vision is a world where wholesome, local meats are available to all, no matter their income or zip code.
Our mission is to unify farmers, butchers, and meat eaters to strengthen local food economies.
Your one-stop-shop to launch or expand a successful meat processing business.
See how we can help from facility design to equipment planning to food safety to training:
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Facility Design & Equpiment Purchasing
Are you interested in starting small-scale meat production?
We can help. Work with us to design your facility to be efficient, functional and PROFITABLE. Our expert consulting provides guidance on facility design, equipment recommendations, technical assistance, and HACCP planning. We also offer full in-house efficiency audits of existing facilities to streamline and implement best practices and improve your bottom line.
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Butcher Training and Recruiting
Our hands-on teaching style prepares more butchers to carry the old-world craft into the new age. Whether in your facility, in the classroom, or in the zoomverse, our curriculum offers invaluable and up-to-date knowledge and can be customized to fit your specific needs.
Rely on our 20+ years experience to train and retain quality personnel.
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Mobile Harvesting and Processing
On-farm harvesting gives farmers more control of their products by involving them directly in the process and provides a stress-free and more humane experience for the animals. Our unique custom-exempt mobile unit can adapt to any farm set up and our practices are conceived with the utmost reverence for the animals and land.
Now Available
Locally-sourced meat that supports Pennsylvania farmers and vocational training for Greater Pittsburghers who face barriers to employment.
The food supply chain is broken.
It’s not a secret that there is a major problem with agriculture today: our centralized industrial food system is rigid and fragile. Competition has all but disappeared leaving family farms, small meat packers, and consumers to suffer the effects. Four main packing companies control the market, driving up meat prices and giving fewer choices at the grocery store. These packers report record profits while farmers take a loss and consumers pay more.
Let’s change that.
When competition is restored in the meat packing industry, wholesome, local meats will be more available, farmers and consumers win. Our whole picture approach places a heavy emphasis on butcher training and business support to build a highly skilled workforce that supports farm-to-fork meat economies.
Whether you’re a farmer, aspiring butcher, or a concerned meat eater, it’s going to take all of us to make a difference. Join our movement.
What Our Clients Are Saying:
“Unified Fields Intro Butcher course has added so much value to our culinary apprenticeship program. The skills they teach have opened more employment pathways to our graduates and will allow us to offer fresh local meat to our neighborhood. Ben and Chris are great teachers and we never have a dull moment....or knife. “
— Jen, Executive Director, Community Kitchen Pittsburgh
“This training more than doubled our throughput. Our staff is way more efficient and skilled now.”
— Jason Cheplic, Finleyville, PA
“Ben is a meat processing expert. Unified Fields was there for us while being informative, friendly and is invested in helping our meat facility succeed. Their level of dedication to detail, food safety, humane handling, and being adaptable to any situation is unmatched.”
— "Stew" James and Rachael Stewart
Southwest Black Ranchers