Founded in 2020 by veteran butcher Ben Buchanan, Pittsburgh-based Unified Fields helps build stronger local meat economies through butcher training, meat-processing facility design, and on-farm mobile harvesting and processing. Buchanan brings 20 years of butchery experience to a business that pairs old-world craft with humane handling, workforce development, and support for small-scale processors. Its custom mobile unit serves farms across the Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio tri-state region.
Down the Road ButcherySince opening in 2017, lifelong butcher Greg Hangac has built Down the Road Butchery around the Hudson Valley values he learned in a hunting family: honest work, humane handling, and respect for both customers and animals. His Milan shop is known for careful, high-yield meat processing for hunters and local farms, helping keep food connected to the land and the families who depend on it.MILAN, NY
Mark's Custom Meats LLCMark’s Custom Meats is a family-owned Pennsylvania business founded by Mark and Kim Bair in 1994, with their two sons now carrying the company into its next generation. It began as a custom processing facility for local farmers and neighbors and remains rooted in careful workmanship, humane animal treatment, and meat raised within 30 miles of its shop.311612HOWARD, PA
Lehigh Valley MeatsFamily-owned and operated in Nazareth, Lehigh Valley Meats processes beef cattle and pigs through slaughter, cutting, and packaging at its USDA-inspected facility serving the Lehigh Valley. Owner Bub Herfurth learned the trade in his family’s meat business before gaining experience managing large packing facilities, and the company’s work emphasizes humane livestock handling alongside custom processing for farms and producers.NAZARETH, PA
Nello's Specialty MeatsFamily-owned Nello’s Specialty Meats grew from a one-car garage on the family farm, where it began butchering wild game in 1982, into a USDA-inspected facility rooted in European craft and Old World charcuterie traditions. Today, the company employs more than 25 people and processes meat for over 100 farmers throughout the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York tri-state area.NAZARETH, PA