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Edge and Son are members of the Rare Breed Survival Trust and the only butcher in Merseyside to be accredited with the Traditional Breeds Meat Marketing Co. We source our meet from local farms that are committed to producing great traditional breeds, in natural environments, who practice only the best animal husbandry. Whatever you buy from us, we can tell you the farm it came from, its breed, its’ diet, its’ age …we know the history of all the meat we sell from birth to table and we have total confidence in the history.
For the public to appreciate how wonderful and different ‘real’ meat tastes, it is vital that the Rare Breeds Survival Trust receives all the support it can from everyone who cares about ‘real’ farming.
As well as enjoying meat with real old-fashioned qualities of taste and succulence, this initiative provides reassurances for the public about the food they eat.- Anthony Worrall Thompson.
Buying rare breeds from us means:
- Traceability - all animals are pure bred from registered parents and stock can be traced back to its point of birth and every stage between (see below text for more information).
- A more natural way of farming - the meat that is sold through the Accredited Butchers comes from small local farms where the animals welfare is of the utmost concern and the owners have a close working relationship with their stock and where they are bred in extensive conditions. Stock is only sourced direct - never at markets or through dealers - and the farmer transports the animals direct to our local abattoir - reducing the stress and environmental damaged caused by long-distance travel.
- Local food - ‘food miles’ - the distance that live animals and subsequently meat travels prior to reaching the shelves of national retailers - is causing growing concern because of the impact on the environment. This operation keeps everything local and the Accredited Butcher almost always knows the farm where the stock was raised. Researchers have shown that local food keeps much more wealth in the local area than nationally distributed food and therefore this initiative is beneficial to local rural economies. In 2006 Edge & Son were voted a “food miles hero” from the Farmers Weekly..
- Helping Conservation - by eating the produce of rare breeds it encourages more people to keep more of them and therefore you will be helping us to save rare breeds.
