Bell & Evans produces premium chicken and other poultry, overseeing its process from breeding and hatchery operations through harvesting, further processing and packaging. The family-owned company says it has operated since 1894 and is America’s oldest branded chicken company; its Fredericksburg operations are led by the fifth generation of the Sechler family.
Organic-Certified Hatchery
PerduePerdue is a family-owned poultry producer whose family has been raising chickens since 1920. The company produces and sells fresh chicken as well as prepared and breaded chicken products, and describes its No Antibiotics Ever approach as a longstanding practice dating to 2002.SALISBURY, MD
Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch, IncStarted in Saranac in 1958 with 6,000 birds, Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch has grown into a fourth-generation family egg producer supplying billions of eggs to retailers and food-service customers nationwide. The fully integrated operation manages the journey from feed and pullet raising through egg production, processing and distribution, while also turning poultry litter into organic fertilizer. Its flock has grown to more than 10 million hens, but the company still operates with the family-farm priorities of animal care, environmental stewardship and community involvement.MERCERSBURG, PA
David Elliot Poultry FarmSince 1942, the Fink family has run David Elliot Poultry Farm, processing kosher poultry from its Scranton facility for families, chefs, restaurants and caterers. The third-generation family business is especially known for smaller, tender Rock Cornish hens and for treating kashrus as a hands-on responsibility, with in-house full-time shochatim and careful inspection throughout processing. Birds are raised on small family farms in Pennsylvania and shipped fresh from the facility to regional shelves, often by the next morning.SCRANTON, PA
LaBelle PatrimoineFounded by sixth-generation poultry farmer Mike Charles, LaBelle Patrimoine raises and produces an exclusive French heritage-breed chicken through small family farms in Central Pennsylvania. Its birds grow up to twice as long as conventional chickens, roam pasture daily, and are air-chilled for a product the company describes as “beautiful heritage.” LaBelle Patrimoine also produces organic pasture-raised eggs and specialty chicken products, and its chicken is G.A.P. Step 4 certified.