Porter Road operates a whole-animal butchery that sources pasture-raised lamb, beef, pork, chicken and sausages from local farms and ships them direct-to-consumer across the U.S. The company bought its own slaughterhouse in 2015 and expanded to e-commerce in 2018, building both a retail shop in East Nashville and wholesale relationships with restaurants. Porter Road emphasizes animal utilization, sustainable production, and transparency around farming and processing practices. The business is expanding operations in Princeton, Kentucky with a new USDA processing facility that will be 4.5 times larger and is expected to create 80 jobs. Product expansion plans include cooking tallow and fats and cross-cut bones for bone marrow dishes. Management highlighted operational controls during COVID-19 that limited outbreaks at its facilities. The company positions itself to scale sustainable agriculture and pasture-raised meat through DTC, its Nashville shop, and broader wholesale distribution. Porter Road is an online, whole-animal butcher shop founded by trained chefs and butchers Chris Carter and James Peisker. The company works directly with sustainable local farmers to raise animals to strict specifications and meticulously processes meats in its own facility in Kentucky. Porter Road ships products directly to consumers in biodegradable packaging. The company intends to use recent funding to expand operations, deepen relationships with its farmers, and continue providing a platform that encourages open, honest dialogue about the evolving food ecosystem. Porter Road is based in Nashville, Tennessee. In May 2018 the company secured $3.7M in seed funding.

Total raised

$14M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Mar 2021