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Liz Fuchs Joins Organic Chicken Company Farmer Focus as Chief People Officer

February 21, 2022 Farmer Focus

mer Focus, the only 100% organic and Humane Certified® chicken company with a mission to promote and protect generational family farms, announces the appointment of Liz Fuchs as Chief People Officer (CPO). Fuchs’ experience of scaling people, processes and practices for rapidly expanding organizations will help Farmer Focus implement programs centered on developing talent, mentoring and ensuring the quality of life for employees. …

Cooks Venture Announces $50M Secured From PIUS

February 18, 2022 Cooks Venture

Cooks Venture, an independent poultry genetics company, emerging into a market where consumers are demanding better quality meat, announced today the securing of $50 million in funding from insured technology financing pioneer, PIUS. Cooks Venture is also the largest pasture-raised poultry company in America committed to regenerative agricultural practices and the only poultry company integrated into their own breeding line. …

KFC and Beyond Meat Debut Much-Anticipated Beyond Fried Chicken Nationwide Beginning January 10

January 7, 2022 Kentucky Fried Chicken

Kentucky Fried Chicken and Beyond Meat® are kicking off the new year with a Kentucky Fried Miracle as the highly-anticipated plant-based* Beyond Fried Chicken makes its nationwide debut. Beginning Monday, January 10, KFC restaurants across the U.S. will offer Beyond Fried Chicken for a limited time, while supplies last.** …

Perdue Farms Delivering $150,000 and 160,000 Servings of Chicken to Support Tornado Recovery in Kentucky

December 29, 2021 Perdue Farms

Perdue Farms is delivering $150,000 to the United Way of Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund and a truckload of chicken products representing 160,000 servings to Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland to support its neighbors and families in parts of Kentucky recovering from the recent devastating tornadoes. …

Pure Prairie Farms Breathes New Life into Midwestern Chicken Plant

December 24, 2021 Pure Prairie Farms

New premium chicken integrator, Pure Prairie Farms Inc., completed its long-anticipated purchase of a former Simply Essentials chicken processing plant last week. The former plant, which previously closed in August of 2019, is a state-of-the-art retail tray-packaging facility and features air-chill technology, an under-represented and underserved attribute in the market. …