Riley Family Farms dba Southern Heritage Foods

Riley Family Farms, doing business as Southern Heritage Foods, operates at 3735 Higdon Rd in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi. The plant holds federal establishment number P2180 and is listed with FSIS for poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with a grant of inspection date on file of November 19, 2024. FSIS classifies the operation as very small and places it in slaughter volume category 2.0. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The farm website describes a family run regenerative operation based in Marshall and Desoto County, Mississippi, involving the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth generations of the Riley family. The site traces the family's farming back to a great grandfather who farmed dairy in what is now South Memphis and to row crop and vegetable farming in Desoto County since the 1940s. The site states that all birds are raised on pasture, fed non-GMO feed, kept free of antibiotics and other additives, and hand processed at the on farm poultry abattoir. It describes itself as North Mississippi's only small, family farm owned USDA chicken plant.

The business sells its own pasture raised chicken direct to households in North Mississippi and West Tennessee through an online Barn2Door store, and it also advertises custom USDA poultry processing for homesteaders and other businesses. Wholesale, live chicken sales, custom processing, and farm tours are each handled through separate email contacts listed on the website.

The website states that Riley Family Farms offers small scale USDA certified poultry processing, describing it as available to homesteads raising a small flock for personal use and to businesses seeking inspected processing for resale. The site directs custom processing inquiries to caleb@rileyfamilyfarms.com and asks prospective customers to email for details and a price list. Prices, scheduling windows, batch minimums, drop off procedures, and cut and wrap options are not published on the site. FSIS lists the plant for poultry slaughter and poultry processing and reports no custom-exempt activity, so any work described as custom would fall under the establishment's federal grant of inspection. FSIS places the plant in slaughter volume category 2.0 and in the very small size class. Species other than poultry are not listed.

Riley Family Farms dba Southern Heritage Foods 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.

Households order through the farm's Barn2Door online store, which the site says serves North Mississippi and West Tennessee. Two monthly Flock Share subscriptions are listed: three parted chickens at $79 per month, described as 8 to 9 pounds delivered every four weeks, and four whole chickens at $99 per month, described as 14 to 16 pounds guaranteed delivered every four weeks. A la carte Free Choice Cuts and bulk packages are also offered. Delivery is handled by the farm's own team, with a $15.00 flat delivery fee and free delivery on orders of $150 or more. Deliveries run Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday depending on area, with orders due by 11AM Monday for same week delivery, and typically arrive by 6PM in insulated contactless packaging. Subscription orders are billed automatically three days before delivery. Free farm pickup is offered on Saturday from 10AM to 2PM at the Holly Springs homestead for free choice cut orders placed by 11AM Friday. The site states that nothing is shipped or outsourced.

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.