Welcome to L&S Artisan Meats – Ecuador’s Premier Producer of Quality Pork, Chicken, and Beef
Since 2012, we’ve been committed to providing farm-to-table, pasture-raised pork, aged meats, gourmet sausages, and a wide range of smoked products. As a family-owned and operated business, we live and work amidst the stunning volcanoes of the Northern Andes, ensuring every product we offer is crafted with care and dedication.
Although we’re proudly based in Cotacachi where you can find us every week at the Cotacachi Farmers Market, we deliver across Ecuador. Explore our website, fill your cart with your favorite gourmet meats, and check out our convenient shipping and delivery options. We personally deliver to Cotacachi, Ibarra, Otavalo, and Quito, and have developed innovative shipping methods to reach Manta, Olon, Puerto Lopez, Puerto Cayo, Cuenca, Guayaquil, Bahia area, Crucita area, Loja, Banos, and more.
If you want it, we’ll get it to you – wherever you are in Ecuador.
Farm-To-Table Goodness
L&S Artisan Meats!
We began raising pigs on pasture with a simple goal: to be the best. Staying true to our roots, we continue to use rotational pastures where our pigs roam freely, foraging on grasses and digging in the mud, surrounded by trees – no concrete, no cages. These pasture-raised pigs are at the heart of the high-quality products we’re known for.
Our chicken products are unrivaled in freshness and quality, and we’ve partnered with like-minded farms to source the finest lamb and beef. With a commitment to superior practices and creative innovation, we strive for excellence every day, bringing you products that are unique to Ecuador and unmatched in quality.
Shawn has owned the farm, formerly a commercial chicken operation outside of Cotacachi, since 2009. Seeking a fresh start, he ran the farm as a chicken operation until 2012, when Lindsay, while backpacking through the area, met him. That same day, by chance, Shawn purchased his first piglets to serve as “animal tractors” for his new permaculture project. From those five piglets, the farm evolved into what is now L&S Artisan Meats, producing and delivering some of the finest meats across Ecuador.
In the first five years, the farm was run entirely with the help of over 200 volunteers, aged 18 to 65, from around the world. These volunteers came to learn about permaculture, animal husbandry, and the art of butchery and meat processing. We were privileged to learn and grow alongside them during that time.
Today, we employ staff from neighboring communities like La Calera, Imantag, and San Martin, teaching them our unique processes and offering them opportunities to support their families and communities.
Shawn’s passion for smoking meats began early on. Our first customers were a group of North Americans who toured the farm while Shawn was smoking chickens on a barrel smoker. After selling a few, the demand was undeniable. Missing the specialties from his hometown butcher in Holdrege, Nebraska, Shawn realized that others might feel the same way. As those first pigs reached butcher weight, he began learning the art of curing, aging, and crafting all the beloved products he missed. That’s how L&S Artisan Meats was born.
We started small, selling only to our neighbors in Cotacachi. As word spread, so did demand, first in Quito, then Cuenca and Baños. In recent years, we’ve expanded our deliveries to Ecuador’s coastal cities.
From our family to yours, thank you for your interest and support. We are incredibly grateful to the many friends, family members, and loyal customers who helped us reach where we are today.
