Crowd Cow

What's in the box: A box you put together yourself from beef, Wagyu, pork, poultry, lamb and wild seafood, sourced from named farms and producers.

Crowd Cow is an online meat and seafood shop with a subscription option. It focuses on small farms and named producers. You don't get a fixed box. You build your own from a large catalog. It runs from everyday staples like ground beef and chicken to specialty items such as Japanese and Australian Wagyu, Spanish Ibérico pork, heritage breed chicken, rack of lamb and wild seafood. The seafood includes Copper River sockeye salmon and Chilean sea bass. Products are listed by farm or brand, which helps if you care where your food comes from. The catalog changes with the seasons, and new farms and restocks are added regularly. Staff cooking notes give practical ideas for less familiar cuts like picanha, secreto and chuck eye. For new subscribers, the site currently offers a free welcome box of three proteins and a free premium protein in every subscription order, for a limited time. That adds real value if you plan to keep your subscription, but it only works with recurring orders. This is a premium service, so expect to pay more than you would for supermarket meat. You're paying for quality and variety, not savings. If you want flexibility and like trying unusual cuts, it is one of the more interesting choices in this category.