Rainbow Organic Farms Co.

Rainbow Organic Farms Co., doing business as Good Natured Family Farms, is a federally inspected meat and poultry establishment at 208 Sherman Street in Uniontown, Bourbon County, Kansas. It holds establishment numbers M21334 and P21334 and is listed with the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service for meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry slaughter, and poultry processing. The grant of inspection date on file is May 15, 2014.

FSIS classifies the plant as very small. Cattle are the species reported slaughtered under federal inspection, and the plant falls in slaughter volume category 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year. The establishment also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale, and it reports retail-exempt sales.

A website is on file at rainboworganicfarms.com, but no usable page text was available, and the accessible page shows only a contact prompt. One secondary directory listing states the company was founded by Diana and Gary Endicott with the aim of producing natural beef, and another describes the plant as serving the southeast Kansas region. Beyond the federal record and those brief mentions, details such as hours, pricing, booking practices, and product lists are not yet on file. Buyers and producers should contact the plant at (620) 756-4745 to confirm current services.

The plant is listed with FSIS for both meat slaughter and meat processing, with cattle reported as the species slaughtered under inspection, and it also reports custom-exempt slaughter, so animals owned by a producer can be processed with packages marked Not for Sale. Poultry slaughter and poultry processing are also listed. FSIS places the plant in the smallest slaughter volume category, under 1,000 head per year, which suggests limited annual capacity. Booking procedures, scheduling lead times, minimums, kill fees, and cut and wrap charges are not stated in the sources on file, so a producer should call (620) 756-4745 to confirm availability, as listed.

Rainbow Organic Farms Co. reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, which means it can process an animal a customer already owns (a whole, half, or share bought before slaughter) and return it in packages marked Not for Sale. Most small farms have one or two plants they book with, and the plant's calendar decides the delivery date.

The establishment reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, which allows direct sales of meat to household buyers. Whether a retail counter, halves and quarters, bundles, delivery, shipping, or online ordering are offered is not stated in the available sources. One secondary listing describes the company as founded to produce natural beef, but no product list, prices, or purchasing details are on file.

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.