Founded in 1938 by Virgil and Virginia Cooper, Cooper Farms is a fourth-generation, family-owned Northwest Ohio company that raises turkeys, hogs and egg-laying chickens while producing private-label food products. Its integrated operation includes Oakwood hatcheries that produce 15 million poults annually, a St. Henry plant processing more than 24,000 turkeys a day, and cooked-meat facilities serving customers throughout North America.
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Weaver EggsSince 1929, Weaver Eggs has been a fourth-generation, family-owned Ohio farm producing and processing eggs for retailers and foodservice customers nationwide. Based in Versailles, the company runs a vertically integrated operation that grows grain, makes feed, cares for hens, and ships eggs from its own facilities. Its farms have also earned recognition for environmental stewardship and product quality while maintaining a strong role in the local community.VERSAILLES, OH
Hillside Turkey FarmsFor four generations, Hillside Turkey Farms has remained a family-owned, privately operated Thurmont farm and food business, carrying forward a turkey operation that began in 1939 with Pauline and Ross Smith. Today, the USDA-inspected farm and plant raises up to 180,000 birds a year and serves families as well as restaurants throughout the surrounding region. Its turkeys are antibiotic-free and not injected, with almost everything it markets grown or made in Thurmont.THURMONT, MD
Bowman & LandesBowman & Landes is a fourth-generation family farm whose turkey-raising story began in 1938 and whose namesake business was founded in 1948. Three generations are actively involved today, carrying forward a pasture-based approach that uses grain grown and mixed on the farm. The New Carlisle operation supplies turkey to regional retailers and food-service customers, with a solar program that offsets close to its annual energy consumption.NEW CARLISLE, OH
Granite Ridge FarmsFounded in 2014 with a single chicken barn, Granite Ridge Farms has grown into a fully integrated poultry operation that raises chickens, produces feed, grades eggs, and delivers them to customers. The family-founded farm in Apple Creek remains centered on teaching hard work, responsibility, and faith while nourishing millions of birds and delivering millions of eggs each week. Its operation is also grounded in sustainable farming and humane-care standards.APPLE CREEK, OH