Pine Manor Inc.

Pine Manor Inc. operates a USDA-inspected poultry plant at 9622 West County Road 350 North in Orland, Steuben County, Indiana, under establishment number P39. The plant reports poultry slaughter and poultry processing to FSIS and is listed in the small size class, with a grant of inspection date on file of September 10, 2018. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 5.0. The federal record lists a long set of doing-business-as names, including Crystal Valley Foods, Crystal Valley Poultry, Fawn River Poultry, Katie's Best, Miller Amish Country Farms, Miller Poultry, Orland Poultry, and Pine Manor Farms.

The company website describes Pine Manor Farms as an operation established by Milo and Annas Miller in 1942. The site states that Pine Manor began raising and processing chickens in the mid-1970s and added chick hatching a few years later, describing itself as an egg-to-table operation. It reports purchasing Booth Poultry and, in 1992, Martin's Feed Mill, with renovations made to both the processing facility and the feed mill. The website says chickens are raised with family farmers in Michigan and Indiana, that barns are certified by the Global Animal Partnership, and that birds are fed a corn and soy based diet with no antibiotics, hormones, steroids, or artificial ingredients. The site also states that products are 100 percent air-chilled in a monitored cooling room at the facility.

The website is oriented toward branded retail sales rather than local drop-off work. Its home page states that products are available exclusively at Whole Foods Market and directs shoppers to a store locator. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS, and the sources do not describe custom slaughter, on-farm pickup, a retail counter at the plant, or public hours. Details beyond what is stated above are not yet on file.

No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS for this establishment, and the sources do not describe custom slaughter, booking procedures, minimums, fees, or cut and wrap for animals brought in by individual producers. The website instead describes a contract growing model, stating that chicks hatched at the company's own hatchery are placed with a community of farm families in Michigan and Indiana, that the company produces its own feed at its feed mill, and that grower barns are certified by the Global Animal Partnership. Producers interested in that arrangement would need to contact the company directly; terms are not stated in the sources.

Pine Manor Inc. operates under a federal grant of inspection, so product from this plant can be sold anywhere in the United States, which matters if you sell online or across a state line. FSIS does not list a custom-exempt activity for this plant.

The website states that Pine Manor Farms products are available exclusively at Whole Foods Market and provides a store locator that works by zip code, city, and search radius. Named items include boneless skinless chicken breast, whole fryer, organic boneless skinless chicken thighs, bone-in air-chilled chicken thighs, and chicken legs. The sources do not describe an on-site retail store, online ordering, shipping, bulk bundles, or halves and quarters. One customer comment on the website mentions buying the product at Meijer. Contact information listed is 1-800-532-4186, P.O. Box 239, Orland, IN 46776, and info@pinemanorfarms.com, with info@millerpoultry.com also appearing on the contact page.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.