Kreher Family Farms

Employee size

201-500

Organization type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Clarence, NY

Founded

1924

Since 1924, the third- and fourth-generation Kreher family has grown a Western New York farm into an integrated producer of fresh eggs, organic and conventional crops, vegetables, and compost-based fertilizer. Its three family-operated farms and two USDA-inspected egg-packing facilities support a closed-loop approach in which hen manure helps fertilize crops and crops contribute to hen feed. Kreher’s organic crop operation is Certified Regenerative by A Greener World, while the farm’s egg-packing facilities have held SQF certification since 2009.

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