Who Sell Italian Beef Bread in Austin Texas

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues in Austin, and people continue to social distance to mitigate the spread of the virus, community supported agriculture and meat delivery services offer convenient ways to access groceries.

Typically, CSAs work on a membership system, where freshly picked, local and seasonal produce is delivered on a set schedule, usually weekly or biweekly, for a set amount. The fruits and vegetables (and sometimes herbs and flowers) included will vary with season and availability, giving home cooks an opportunity to experiment. Most CSAs also come with digital communities where you can find advice, recipes, and gain access to members-only perks.

For the carnivores, several local farms and butchers offer their own delivery services, allowing you to bypass the factory-farmed pitfalls of commercial providers. With each delivery, you're supporting small farms, and getting delicious, humanely raised beef, pork and chicken.

1915 Farm: Run by first-generation farmers, Catherine and Tanner Klemcke, this Victoria, Texas-based farm raises organic, humanely treated livestock. They operate on direct-to-consumer sales, and the pasture-raised chickens, grass-fed beef, and heritage-breed pork are shipped around the country. You can order specific products – like naturally cured bacon, beef marrow bones, and pork ossobuco – or opt to get the Grassroots Meat Club, an assorted $179 meat box shipped to you every two, four, six or eight weeks. Sign up online.

Buck Creek Meat: The third-generation Gregory family farm offers multiple ways to buy the grass-fed and grass-finished pasture-raised livestock. Fed exclusively on grass — never grain — this cattle has naturally leaner beef and a more complex flavor than commercially farmed, grain-finished cattle. They offer individual cuts, by-the-pound packages, samplers, box subscriptions, and the option to bulk-buy whole, half, or quarter-sides of an animal (though there's currently a waitlist). All the livestock is ethically raised without antibiotics, hormones, herbicides, or insecticides. There are three price tiers available for the subscription boxes, which start at $150, and you can customize your order by indicating preferred cuts and proteins. Order online here.

An offering from Farm to Table

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Farm to Table: Originally intended to supply commercial vendors like restaurants, kitchens and cafeterias, Farm to Table is now offering home delivery for Austinites. There are four prepacked farm boxes to choose from, offering a mix of seasonal produce and locally raised, hormone, and antibiotic-free meats and dairy. The Omnivore's Delight, which feeds four, comes with three pounds of ground Angus beef, a whole chicken, two dozen free-range eggs, feta cheese, K Tonic kombucha, and a six-pack of Rambler sparkling water. Select add-ons are available, such as baked ziti or lasagna from L'Oca d'Oro head chef Fiore Tedesco, Tiny Pies's sweet and savory pies, steaks, stone ground polenta, rice, eggs and more. Delivery is available for those who live within a 15-mile radius of 4500 S Pleasant Valley Rd, and pickup options are available for those outside the area. Unlike typical CSAs, this isn't a recurring membership, you simply order as and when you need. They will do their best to meet your requested delivery date, but due to high order volume related to COVID-19, they will inform you of the exact delivery date after the order is processed. Sign up online here.

Good Apple: This Austin-based start-up is on a mission to end food waste in Travis County. The delivery service, which was founded by medical students, works with certified organic farms in Central Texas, including Johnson's Backyard Garden, G&S Groves, Gundermann Acres and Middle Ground Farm, to save and sell unsold produce. The subscription service is available for weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly deliveries. For every box sold, the organization donates another to a family facing food insecurity in Travis County. Produce changes based on availability, but boxes will generally include up to 13 pounds of leafy greens, vegetables, fruits and herbs, plus a recipe card. Produce boxes subscriptions are $30 total including delivery, and there is the option to skip deliveries whenever you need to. Currently, they only deliver within Travis County. During the pandemic, Good Apple launched a 'Stay Home, Stay Healthy' initiative to deliver free food to low-income seniors and those at risk. Sign up online here.

Green Gate Farms: A USDA-certified organic farm, Green Gate offers two types of CSA memberships. The first for produce, and includes a rotating selection of its seasonal crop, available in two sizes ($20 or $30 per delivery). For summer, you can expect to find okra, sweet and hot peppers, melons, squash, radishes, eggplant and more. Ethical Coyote Creek eggs are available as an add-on ($6 per dozen). They also offer a creative flower CSA, which is a weekly bouquet of freshly harvested flowers, herbs and beautiful weeds ($20 per delivery). Both come with access to the weekly newsletters and members-only Facebook group, offering information on how to take care of (and eat) your bouquet. Both are available in either weekly or biweekly deliveries. Find out more and sign up on the website here.

Vegetables from Johnson's Backyard Garden

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Hudson Meat Market: This South Congress butcher and game processor has been churning out sausages, exotic game, and smoked meats since 1969. The online shop has a selection of a la carte products available for home delivery, including over 20 different types of sausages, ground beef, venison, steaks, quail, and jerky. There is also the $75 butcher box, which comes with a selection of Angus beef hamburger patties, breakfast sausages, marinated chicken breast, kielbasa sausage, smoked pulled pork, and a whole chicken. Place orders online here.

Johnson's Backyard Garden: A staple at local farmers markets, Johnson's also offers CSA memberships. Members have the choice of weekly or biweekly deliveries of certified-organic produce and herbs. There are over 60 different crops — including melons, squash, beets, herbs and leafy greens — so the selection is varied. Four box sizes are available, starting at $22 for the individual box, and going up to $41 for the large one, which can feed up to seven people. Members can choose to collect their weekly haul at a community pickup site, or have it delivered to their house for an additional $3. CSA members get additional perks too, like invitations to exclusive workshops, subscription to a weekly newsletter with advice. Anyone is welcome to view the free online recipe database and blog, written by CSA members (and occasionally farmers, too). New chefs will appreciate the digital 'Veg Guide' that explains each crop and offers specific advice. Sign up online here.

Lettuce: Another Austin-based startup, Lettuce is a no-commitment meal kit-delivery. They source the produce and meat from local farms like Fagen Family Farms, Gundermann Acres, 44 Farms, and Capra Foods. You can order just once, or set up a recurring weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly delivery. The meal kits come in zero-waste packaging, which the company cleans and reuses. The containers can store vegetable scraps in between deliveries. When Lettuce drops off the next meal kit, they'll use the scraps for composting. Six meal options are available, catering to omnivores, vegans, vegetarians and gluten-free cooks, and each comes with pre-portioned ingredients for specific recipes. The recipes are developed by the in-house chef team, and it's easy to request substitutions and swaps. So, if you don't like the beef in a dish, they'll happily change it to chicken or pork instead. They also have a farmers market option, which delivers seasonal, fresh produce for the more experienced home chef. You can customize your delivery options on the website when you go to order. Sign up for Lettuce meal delivery online.

Meats from Longhorn Meat Market

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Longhorn Meat Market: Longhorn Meat Market has been around for over 50 years, and during that time, it's amassed a devoted following of wholesale and individual clients. Currently, it's offering five preset combination packages for local delivery, but have more products available on-site at the East Austin shop. The small home pack comes with 16 pounds of meat, including sirloin, rib-eye and T-bone steaks, pork chops, bacon, ground beef, and a whole chicken. There are also dedicated packs for steak, pork, and chicken, as well as the large 23-pound home pack. Those outside the shipping area can have the packs shipped through UPS. Place orders online here. (2411 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, East Austin)

Svantes Ranch Direct: The Svantes family has been operating ranches throughout Central Texas since 1882. Now known as the Swensons, the family continues the legacy. The cattle are grass-fed and pasture-raised on the Elgin and Stanford, Texas ranches. The digital shop boasts steaks, ground beef, bones and suet (a type of fat), roast and ribs, briskets, broths, organ meat, as well as bulk options (i.e. entire portions of cow). Normally, half- and whole portions are available, but due to COVID-19-related shortages, it's only offering one-fourth portions, which equates to about 75 pounds of meat. The team will let you choose which cuts of beef you want from the quarter, and will even split it between families — just let them know how you want everything divided up. There's free shipping around Austin, Pflugerville, Round Rock, Georgetown, Taylor, Leander, Manor, Bastrop and Elgin; contact them for deliveries outside these areas. Find out more and order online here.

Vinder: The Austin-based app lets farmers, bakers, and producers sell directly to consumers. Simply scroll through the listings within the app to find what you need. There are over 35 local vendors in Austin, selling a la carte items, everything from The Perfectly Imperfect Baking pies to artisanal spice blends by Caribreoso Flavour Boutique, and even fresh pastas from Andiamo Italian. Prices start around $6 for freshly baked goods and seasonings, and $20 for locally raised-beef, though prices vary based on seller and product. There's one dollar no-contact delivery fee throughout COVID-19. Download the app via iOS or Android.

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