Where and How Is The Meat Processed?
The beef and pork are processed at Bittner’s Eureka Locker in Eureka, Illinois. This is a small USDA inspected meat locker. The animals make the trip to the locker in our livestock trailer and are not crowded or cramped in any way. The beef is dry aged for 14 days before cutting, wrapping, and freezing. The pork is cut, wrapped, and frozen without aging. All meat processing is certified organic including sausage seasoning and any cured pork products like bacon and ham. The chickens are processed at Central Illinois Processing in Arthur, Illinois which is the only USDA inspected chicken processor in Illinois. The birds make the trip to Arthur in our livestock trailer and are not put into any type of confined or small crate for the ride. Operated by an Amish family, this processing plant does not use any bleach or other chemical to clean the chickens. The chickens are chilled, wrapped and labeled then packed into coolers with ice for the ride home to the farm where we freeze them in our
