Home Place Pastures

Home Place Pastures operates a USDA-inspected slaughter and processing facility at 1789 Home Place Rd in Como, Panola County, Mississippi, under establishment numbers M45945 and P45945. The federal record lists meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry slaughter, and poultry processing activities, with cattle and hogs reported as the species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the plant as small, with a slaughter volume category of 2.0, and shows a grant of inspection date on file of October 29, 2021. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and packages are marked Not for Sale, and reports retail-exempt sales.

The business is run by the Bartlett family, who describe farming the same land east of Como for more than 150 years across five generations. According to the company's account, Marshall Bartlett founded Home Place Pastures in 2014 after the farm moved from input intensive row crops to a regenerative grazing operation. For the first years the company used a USDA slaughter facility outside Memphis and rented butcher space in Memphis. Processing moved to the on-farm facility in 2016, on-site slaughter under inspection began in 2018, and an expansion adding production and cold storage space was completed in 2023. The website states that the company offers processing services to other local farmers.

The farm sells its own 100 percent grass-fed beef and pasture-raised pork through a membership box program shipped frozen in dry ice, and through the Home Place Farm Store, described as a butcher shop and eatery at 1630 Home Place Rd. Note that the street number in the federal record (1789 Home Place Rd) differs from the store and contact address given on the website (1630 Home Place Rd). Terms of custom processing for outside farmers, such as booking lead time, minimums, fees, and cut and wrap options, are not stated in the sources on file.

The plant reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, meaning it processes animals owned by the customer with packages marked Not for Sale, and the company website states it offers processing services to other local farmers. Species slaughtered under inspection are reported as cattle and hogs, and the federal record also lists poultry slaughter and processing activities. FSIS classifies the operation as small with a slaughter volume category of 2.0. Scheduling, lead times, minimum head counts, kill fees, hanging weight charges, and cut and wrap sheets are not stated in the sources on file. Farmers should contact the plant at (662) 292-5808 to confirm current availability, as listed.

Home Place Pastures 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.

Households can buy directly through the company's membership program, choosing an all beef, all pork, or blended box on a four, six, or eight week schedule, with the option to skip, delay, or cancel. Listed box prices are $149 for the Daily Grind Box (13.5 lbs), $179 for the Pasture Raised Pork Box (16 to 17 lbs), $219 for the Home Place Essential Box (14 to 15 lbs) and the Grass-Fed Grind Box (17 lbs), and $299 for the Grass Fed Beef Box (15 to 16 lbs). Boxes ship frozen in dry ice and vacuum sealed. The site states shipping is free anywhere its ground network reaches in the Southeast, with a flat-rate charge outside that area. Whole, half, and quarter animal orders and gift options are listed. The Home Place Farm Store at 1630 Home Place Rd is described as a butcher shop, and store staff can help assemble bulk orders. Lunch is served on site from 11 to 3, Tuesday through Saturday.

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.