A New Partnership - Update for Pasture Raised Meat Ordering & Delivery (Dec. 2025)
Thank you so much for your patience as we've recently hit an unexpected transition, but at the end of the day, an exciting one! I will give the details below as concisely as I can.
The headliner: We've entered a partnership where we can provide consistency in delivery with the exact same products you receive now--plus access to more wonderful items at better prices!! We hope it's a huge win for all!
There will be a few changes, but we will be there all throughout the transition and Marshall & Katherine/Farmer & Thistle still directly benefit. We are beyond thrilled to expand our mission through this wonderful new partnership (more on that below)!
New Partnership with Marksbury Farms
- Marksbury Farms is the place we've been exclusively sourcing our meat products from in recent years. A friend from Lookout Mountain originally connected us to the owners and leaders of this company when we first started EdenThistle in 2013, and they are the very people who helped us originally learn how to build a sustainable farm-based business.
- Marksbury also operates a top-of-the-line USDA processing facility (we've toured it multiple times and it's truly the best of the best). You can learn more about their mission (which aligns 100% with ours!), as well as their network of sustainable farms and the 100% grassfed/pasture raised meat they produce by
clicking here).
Why the Partnership:
- Marksbury now offers dry ice shipping of their meat products. They can do this much more efficiently and effectively than we ever could--and they can offer a better price point (which we love for our customers!). We've talked about transitioning to something like this in the past, and when some logistics changed on our end recently, we realized it was the perfect time to go for it!
- This partnership still directly impacts us (Farmer & Thistle/Marshall & Katherine) for the good! We will be working with Marksbury directly, so you can still direct questions to me, etc.
What to Expect:
- We plan to set up all of our subscribing customers on a new plan with Marksbury for your meat to be shipped directly to you regularly (there is still the same flexibility to cancel orders as needed, etc.).
- We will help you with this to make it the best bang for your buck (it will include savings for sure), and to make it a smooth transition since things will flow through their website now and it's set up a bit differently than ours.
-Farmer & Thistle will still deliver eggs to you once a month if you're an egg customer too--eggs are not going anywhere!
The Biggest Changes:
- The meat will be shipped via UPS/FedEX on dry ice on a regular schedule (all the same meat plus
WAY MORE OPTIONS :-) I've ordered 2 meat boxes this way so far and the meat has arrived in perfect condition each time!
- The meat will have the Marksbury label instead of ours.
IMPORTANT For your First Order:
- Marksbury is extending a
20% off discount code for your first order on their website. Use Code: EdenThistle20 (going back to our original name ;-) for 20% Off
IMPORTANT NOTE: This code also helps Marksbury identify you as one of our customers, so be sure to use it! This will help us in our new partnership so I can assist as needed with order questions, tracking, etc.
- You can make one time orders or set up a subscription (or do both--as with us). If you're a subscribing customer, you get an additional 10% off any other meat ordered along with your subscription.
- You can also send meat as gifts, etc. anywhere in the US (except the west coast). This is my go-to thank you gift, house warming gift, and favorite way to bring some holiday cheer from afar.
Feel free to shop away if you'd like to build your own cart and remember to use code: EdenThistle20
As for subscriptions, I will be contacting each of you next week to suggest the best setup to get the same great products at the best price. Please know if you have a current order with us I will be in contact with you early next week to get that order fulfilled.
We are so excited for this new partnership and the way it will continue supporting sustainable farming in the southeast and producing delicious and healthy meat products for our tables! Please let me know of any questions. I am happy to speak over the phone. I know this is a lot of new info!
Gratefully,
Katherine & Marshall
Original Note
We've long been running two businesses under one brand. We recently encountered a trademarking issue--a "thistle" so to speak and a pain point we can do nothing about (legally). But we are using it as an opportunity to make a clear distinction between our two businesses by giving each of them their own unique name. EdenThistle Dog Company will now carry on our original name, as an ode to the the roots of sustainable farming that afforded us vision to care for dogs in the same pastures that brought us so much goodness.
What was once EdenThistle Land Stewardship is transforming into its new and elevated identity: Farmer & Thistle. We are so excited about it all.
Farmer & Thistle will ship our beloved Dog Treats all over the nation. We've also partnered with Marksbury Farms to continue offering Grassfed Meat anywhere in the U.S. (except West Coast states) via dry ice shipping. Our local delivery of pasture raised eggs continues in the greater Chattanooga area.
Our new name, Farmer & Thistle, is an ode both to the life of sustainable farming that still has its deep impressions running through us. And, it is an ode to our beautiful bloodhound, Farmer. Though he is no longer with us, his imprint is. He will remain our Ebeanzer–our stone of help–to dig into the mess and the beauty, to cultivate rituals of rest, life and love–knowing that we too have an imprint to leave. Thank you for being along for the ride with us!
With Deep Gratitude,
Katherine & Marshall
