Labelle Patrimoine Signs on to Better Chicken Commitment, Marking Fifth Supplier to Join 

September 18, 2023 Compassion in World Farming

LaBelle Patrimoine, a top-quality provider of pasture-raised, heritage breed poultry, is the newest producer to join the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC), marking the fifth supplier to join this important initiative.  

Cooks Venture Welcomes John Niemann as Chief Executive Officer

August 18, 2023 Cooks Venture

Cooks Venture, a vertically-integrated poultry business with proprietary genetics for a slower-growth, pasture-raised bird, today announced the appointment of John Niemann as its Chief Executive Officer.

Cooks Venture Expands Executive Team

April 15, 2022 Cooks Venture

Cooks Venture, a pasture-raised chicken and independent poultry breeding company, announces the appointments of Tim Singleton as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Bob Davenport as Chief Sales Officer (CSO).

Cooks Venture First and Only in the Poultry Industry to Test Every Flock for Antibiotics

April 11, 2022 Cooks Venture

Cooks Venture, a vertically integrated, independent poultry company, has partnered with Food In-Depth to become the first in the poultry industry to roll out a verified No Antibiotics Ever label backed by testing. The USDA-approved label provides customers with the assurance that the antibiotic free claims on the chicken they are buying are backed by scientific testing. FoodID has been providing rigorous, regular on-site testing  at Cooks Venture since March 2020— ensuring that their no antibiotics labels are verified and transparent.

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.