# Sustainable Craft Butcher Shops Louisville's 'Red Hog' Sells Humanely Raised Meats By Katherine Pendrill | Published 2017-01-10 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/red-hog References: [facebook](https://www.facebook.com/pg/redhogbutcher/photos/?ref=page_internal) & [redhogartisanmeat](http://redhogartisanmeat.com/) Louisville, Kentucky, recently became home to a craft butcher shop specializing in humanely raised meats. With everything from fresh cuts and house-made charcuterie to specialty sandwiches and wood-fired pizzas, the artisan butcher is the ultimate destination for meat-loving foodies. The Red Hog butcher shop is "Louisville’s first local craft butcher shop" and it exclusively sells pork, beef, lamb and poultry sourced from local farms. The shop also takes care to ensure that the meat it sells is raised using [humane, sustainable and ethical farming practices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/animal-welfare-transparency), so that consumers can be sure that the products they buy are better for themselves and for the planet. In addition to the cooked and cured cuts of [high-end meat](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/grassfed-beef-offerings), the shop also serves up gourmet condiments, charcuterie and house-made dishes such as pizza and meat sandwiches. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.6/10 - Popularity: 42% | Activity: 58% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Craft Butcher Shops:** Opportunity to create more craft butcher shops that specialize in humanely raised meats. - **Sustainable Farming Practices:** Opportunity to promote and support sustainable and ethical farming practices in the meat industry. - **Artisan Butcher Shops:** Opportunity to open artisan butcher shops that offer a variety of high-quality meat products and gourmet dishes. ### Who This Affects Most - **Butcher Shops:** Disruptive innovation opportunity for traditional butcher shops to adopt sustainable and ethical practices. - **Farm-to-table Restaurants:** Opportunity for farm-to-table restaurants to partner with craft butcher shops and offer menu items featuring humanely raised meats. - **Gourmet Food Retail:** Disruptive innovation opportunity for gourmet food retailers to focus on providing locally sourced, high-quality meats. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Authentic American Meats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-team-usa-collection.md) - [Artisan Charcuterie Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/charlitos-cocina.md) - [Singaporean Plant-Based Butcher Shops](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/love-handle-singapore.md) - [Doorstep Meat Delivery Services](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/good-chop.md) - [American Cell-Cultured Porks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/forke-and-goode.md) - [Premium Private Label Meats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/butchers-specialty-by-lidl.md) - [Beef-Based Charcuterie Proteins](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/brooklyn-cured.md) - [Premium Pork Steak Deliveries](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/noble-fresh-cart-2.md) - [Highly-Localized Village Restaurants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-pignear-bath.md)