On January 23rd, The Herbivorous Butcher will open at 507 First Ave in Minneapolis, Minnesota, roughly a year after founders of the shop raised over $60,000 through a successful Kickstarter campaign.
The shop is being opened by siblings Aubry and Kale Walch. Both have been spending the past several years “perfecting The Herbivorous Butcher’s deliciously deceiving meat-free meats”. When the shop opens, they’ll have 35 vegan meats, cheeses, and butters available for sale (which can also be ordered online).
“We started The Herbivorous Butcher to bring you small-batch, locally-sourced, all-natural meat alternatives that are always fresh, flavorful, and protein-rich so you never feel like you’re sacrificing anything for healthy and ethical eating”, the shop states on their website.
“The need for meat alternatives has never been greater. Global demand for meat has tripled in the last 40 years, causing dramatic and unsustainable increases in greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and water pollution, intensifying pressures on land, water, fertilizer, feed, and fuel. A modest reduction in the consumption of animal products would not only spare billions of animals from inhumane treatment every year, but would have a huge environmental impact at a time when the world urgently needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avert catastrophic climate change.” Because of this, the siblings “are responding to this call to action because together we can all change the world one meal at a time!”
Below are some pictures of the products the shop will be featuring, followed by a full list:
Vegan porterhouse steak.
Vegan pepperoni.
Vegan deli bologna.
Vegan meats that will be available:
Teriyaki Jerky
Cajun Jerky
Salt N’ Peppa Jerky
Beer Brats (numerous varieties)
Jalapeno Cheddar Brat
Curry Brat
Sriracha Brat
Deli Turkey
Italian Ham
Filet Mignon
Ground Beef
Meatballs
Korean Ribs
Huli Huli Hawaiian Ribs
Maple Glazed Bacon
Canadian Bacon
Portuguese Sausage
Andouille Sausage
Summer Sausage
Corned Beef
Salami
Vegan cheeses that will be available:
Mozzarella
Cheddar
Irish Cheddar
Herb Smoked Cheddar
Spicy Queso Blanco
Garlic Pepper Havarti
Basil Havarti
Smoked Gouda
Muenster
Swiss
You can find more information on the Herbivorous Butcher’s website, by clicking here.
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Earl
01/02/2016 at 8:33 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Looking forward to your delicious foods! Thanks again for your hard work! Best wishes for you
Kira Lee
01/02/2016 at 10:02 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I would like to be on a mailing list please
Laura VZ
01/11/2016 at 2:11 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
You can sign up on their homepage! http://www.theherbivorousbutcher.com/
Pat King
01/02/2016 at 11:39 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Hi,
Will it be possible to order your products in UK or do you know of anyone who stocks them,
Many thanks
Pat King
Wendy
01/03/2016 at 1:06 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
What I can’t understand, is why anyone who is vegan, would want to eat something that resembles a peice of meat….it sort of contradicts it’s self.
SHei
01/04/2016 at 4:51 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Totally agree – so you want to be a pretend meat eater?
Rentia
01/04/2016 at 6:43 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Please don’t make your ignorance and lack of knowledge so clear. It is a clear lack of education that makes people make that kind of statement.
SHei
01/05/2016 at 12:56 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Are you always condescending in your communications? shhhh no one is right or wrong here, everyone is entitled to their view – doesnt mean they are not educated
Renlion
01/04/2016 at 6:50 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Vegans are against meat for cruelty. Doesn’t mean they don’t want to eat a delicious piece of steak. They withhold from that joy due to the pain the animal goes through.
bri bri
01/12/2016 at 12:24 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
exactly…i don’t know why its so hard to understand
Valerie Lewis
01/04/2016 at 7:23 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Because probably the majority of vegans grew up eating meat, and they didn’t become vegan because they ceased liking the taste. So getting a sustainable, ethical substitute would be welcomed by many.
Kimberment
01/04/2016 at 10:28 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Cause meat is delish but murdering sentient beings sucks?
Ailu
01/04/2016 at 6:56 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
What is the problem? Not involve animal suffering.We reject what is animal exploitation, and restaurant meals do NOT involve animal exploitation. So…
Chrismarie
01/04/2016 at 8:52 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Hi Wendy,
The reason I stopped eating meat was not because I did not like meat. I stopped because of the torture the animals face in mass quantities. With that, this is also going to attract meat eaters. A meat eater is definitely more likely to give this a try before they would even consider trying a block of Tofu. This is not just geared towards vegans. A company like this could change the way a lot of people eat.
Rachel Adams
01/05/2016 at 10:12 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
As a current meat eater, I agree with you full heartedly. These products look geared towards people like me, who want meat but not suffering. 🙂
Wendy
01/04/2016 at 9:42 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
You’re right, it kind of does. Some people are vegan for animals, some for health, some for both. People some times still have the desire to eat meat products, without the harm to the animals or the ill effects it does to their bodies. My husband loves faux meat and cheese products, he’s in it for the health more-so than the animals.
ben deagan
01/04/2016 at 11:02 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Your probably making uneducated assumtions. There are many different reasons why people go veagan. My reason would be health, but meat so far has been a temtation too hard for me to avoid. If there was a convincing substitute id be all in.
opal
01/03/2016 at 1:41 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Is any of them gluten free?
Regis Chapman
01/05/2016 at 9:36 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Yes, I could use such things that don’t have wheat to make them chewy. Tofurky doesn’t so… sigh.
Hope
01/03/2016 at 3:43 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I will definitely be ordering!
Maryann
01/03/2016 at 5:30 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I don’t like the word butcher in the name. But GREAT CONCEPT TO GET PEOPLE MORE AWARE, OF ALTERNATIVES. IT IS HORRIBLE WHAT THESE POOR ANIMALS GO THROUGH.
L
01/03/2016 at 11:24 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Wow this looks amazing! Will you deliver to the UK?
Corey
01/03/2016 at 12:36 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Thank you for raising awareness and providing alternative meat and dairy choices to make going vegan spread The world over for the sake of healther human lifes, honoring all animals & saving our planet.
toni harrison-kahn
01/03/2016 at 1:19 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
would love to see this in England….Brighton on the South Coast where I live….
ROBERTO DI GREGORIO
01/03/2016 at 3:41 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
THIS IS FANTASTIC NEWS FOR US VEGANS! HOPE TO SEE SOME SHOPS IN HOLLAND TO! I HAVE SHARED THIS ON FACEBOOK. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Ninette Taylor.
01/03/2016 at 6:18 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
What happens to all the animals that are then not slaughtered for food if we become vegans? Do they breed freely, do they fight for survival if there is not enough food for them to forage on their own? I eat meat but also enjoy vegetarian meals or vegan if my brother cooks one for me.
Mia
01/04/2016 at 3:41 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ninette, the animals being held in captivity are being bred at unnaturally high numbers to keep up with the unnaturally high demand for animal products. With less demand for meat, the demand for this unnatural breeding would diminish slowly as well. We have not existed in a “normal” state of raising animals to live off of for a very long time…
Seitan
01/04/2016 at 4:17 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Fuck you get outta here with that ignorant bullshit. You think you give their lives meaning by eating them and supporting the enslavement and torture and murder of them? Fuck yourself with a chainsaw bitch
Respect Eachother
01/06/2016 at 2:40 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Obviously your morals and ethics dont extend to communicating with people respectfully. Hate this sort of misogynistic degrading response.
snorklesnorg
01/28/2016 at 2:34 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Wow, WTF. And then people wonder why vegan men have a reputation for hating women. And I say this as a vegan myself.
judge much?
02/16/2016 at 4:42 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
How do you even know Seitan is a male? I have never heard of vegan men having a reputation for hating women. That’s rubbish. I am Vegan and I am male. I love women. Maybe the vegan in you hates men instead.
dave
01/04/2016 at 2:41 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
the majority of farmed animals are incapable of breeding by themselves.
nope, they’ve been inbred & genetically fouled to the point where they need human / mechanical assistance to reproduce & even give birth at all.
of course, all that’s just “natural”…
Ailu
01/04/2016 at 6:58 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
It’s simple: like any other food product, the animal products run on “supply and demand”. If there is no demand, they are not produced. End
Christine
01/04/2016 at 11:55 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ninette, there are so many animals because humans gluttonously breed them to excessive numbers for slaughter. Humans need to stop breeding other species merely for their enjoyment.
Kenneisha
01/03/2016 at 7:16 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Hope to see one in Chicago!
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01/03/2016 at 11:27 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
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Ian
01/04/2016 at 1:35 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!!!
I don’t miss meats or any of that stuff but I DO love veggie protein concoctions.
Ketan manibhai
01/04/2016 at 1:48 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Interested!
Joe
01/04/2016 at 5:39 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Wow, that is a new thing. Let’s hope they become a chain, a very big a dominant chain, so that people find it easy to replace their meat of killed animals with meat of plants.
http://www.alloma.ca
Brad Arnold
01/04/2016 at 7:23 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I live in St Louis Park, just a few miles from your shop! I can’t believe my luck. What a magnificent idea. Hope you are considering franchising it!
Karen Jenkins
01/04/2016 at 1:16 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Please come to sw florida!
Carlton Jackson
01/04/2016 at 8:18 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Any Gluten Free options?
Tina
01/04/2016 at 11:36 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Can’t wait!!!! I’m excited to try your products! 😍
Bernie
01/05/2016 at 6:48 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Thank you! This is a dream come true!
al smith
01/06/2016 at 8:52 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
why do vegans want things that taste like things they abhor? Vegans sadly want the end to domestic animals.. You cannot have a vegan cat as a pet. That would be cruelty. If no one eats chicken , eggs or meat or dairy we will have no need for any domestic animals at all. Why would a vegan keep a domestic animal . so if you want the extinction of all domestic animals.. plus the end of many things we use every day .. support veganism.. if not continue to know that the world will be a much sadder place without domestic animals.
whaaaaa
02/16/2016 at 4:45 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I pity you for your lack of logic.
Nathan
01/06/2016 at 1:05 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Many vegans DO NOT want to eat meat for health reasons, they can care less about cruelty to the animal. They just choose to live healthier, and meat-free is one of their options.
whaaaaa
02/16/2016 at 4:46 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Guess again. MANY, MANY, MANY Vegans are first and foremost Vegans BECAUSE OF ANIMALS.
You can’t be more wrong on this point. Show me 10 Vegans and easily 9.5 of them turned Vegan because of ethical reasons.
Christi
01/06/2016 at 3:19 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Come on down to the Piedmont of North Carolina!!
Benjamen S. Long
01/08/2016 at 5:09 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Help me to understand the fascination with “look-alike” foods. I understand the “Vegan” preference, but do NOT understand the desire for “manufactured identity” (designed to suggest equality); especially when it comes to food. What in the world is a Vegan “butcher” (one who prepares MEAT). I’m curious (smile).
Lynda Whittaker
01/12/2016 at 9:36 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
It is not that vegans do not like the taste of meat and all the yummy things made with it like burgers and hot dogs etc. It is that we wish to do no harm to animals. Therefore, coming up with yummy foods that do no harm is the best of all worlds.
Lynda Whittaker
01/12/2016 at 9:34 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
THis is very exciting for the vegan world and for those interested in exploring an animal free dietl.
I did, however, read last year of another vegan butcher shop opening in Europe. None-the-less…the more the merrier. THis is a move in the right direction.
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