Not every farm is ready to build a poultry container. If you are already raising pasture-raised beef, lamb, pork, game or turkey the right way, there is a place for you in the Zero Miles family without one.
Zero Miles Meat Company Associate is a certified network for beef, lamb, pork, game and turkey farms that meet our standard. It gives independent farms a badge worth having, a spot on our farm locator, and the marketing reach of a national brand, while staying completely independent businesses.
This sits separately from our poultry franchise. Poultry stays with our franchise network, where UK law allows the animal to be processed without ever leaving the farm. Beef, lamb, pork and game aren't poultry, so that exemption never applies to them — they're always processed off-farm, through a licensed abattoir. Turkey is legally poultry too, but our container hub model is built around chicken, so Associate turkey farms also work with a licensed, off-farm abattoir — as part of the Associate standard, not a legal requirement.
We built the standard the same way we built our poultry model: well above the legal minimum, backed by real numbers, not just a nice phrase.
You tell us how your farm runs against the standard — your grazing, your stocking, and the licensed abattoir you use to get your meat to market.
We talk it through together and check it's a genuine fit. No farm visit needed.
Same again at renewal, so the standard keeps meaning something for every farm carrying the badge.
Joining the Associate Program means dealing directly with people who know the standard inside out, from your first enquiry through to renewal every year.
No franchise fee, no ongoing percentage of turnover, no equity. Just a simple membership for the badge, the listing on our Find a Hub search platform, and the marketing support that comes with it — get in touch and we'll talk through what's involved for your farm.
Some of our associates go on to open a full Zero Miles poultry franchise once they know the brand and we know them. If that is ever the direction you want to go, becoming an associate first is the natural way in.
Explore FranchisingEmail [email protected] or call 020 8720 9265 to talk it through — or send us your details below.
