Goffle Road Poultry Farm

Goffle Road Poultry Farm operates at 549 Goffle Road in Wyckoff, Bergen County, New Jersey, under FSIS establishment numbers P44974 and V44974. The federal record lists poultry processing, poultry slaughter, and voluntary slaughter of rabbit, with a grant of inspection date on file of January 28, 2016. FSIS classifies the plant as very small and reports a slaughter volume category of 4.0. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The business describes itself as a fourth generation family owned operation running since 1948. According to its website, Joseph and Rose Silvestri emigrated from Italy in 1920 and started Belmont Poultry in Paterson, New Jersey, in the 1930s; their son Dominic started Goffle Road Poultry Farm in Wyckoff in 1948. The site names current owner Joseph Silvestri, a grandson, and great-grandson Brian Silvestri. The website states that birds are hatched and raised by Amish farmers in Pennsylvania, then prepared and sold in New Jersey, and that products are all natural, antibiotic free, and produced without hormones, preservatives, or animal byproducts.

Retail is the main channel. The website says the store is open all year Monday through Saturday for pickup, that the livestock and processing department closes one hour before the store, and that poultry is packaged to order. A wholesale line exists for restaurants and stores by phone. The website does not describe custom slaughter or processing of animals brought in by other farmers, and no custom-exempt activity appears in the federal record.

The website states that the retail store in Wyckoff is open all year Monday through Saturday for pickup, with the livestock and processing department closing one hour before the store. Households can browse and pre-order poultry cuts online for in-store pickup, with same day pickup orders to be checked out by 4:10 P.M. The site says shipping is not offered and that pickup is in store only. Posted prices include chicken thigh boneless and untrimmed at $4.49 per pound, chicken hot sausage at $5.79 per pound, turkey breast bone-in at $6.09 per pound, and eggs ranging from $4.75 to $13.25 depending on size and quantity. Holiday hours are not posted; the site directs customers to call or check back.

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.