Chapel Ford Farm, LLC

Chapel Ford Farm, LLC operates at 2345 Taneytown Road in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, under USDA FSIS establishment numbers M1912 and P1912. The federal record lists meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry slaughter, and poultry processing, with a grant of inspection date on file of February 8, 2024. Species slaughtered under inspection as reported to FSIS are hogs, sheep and lamb, and poultry. FSIS classifies the plant as very small and places it in slaughter volume category 3.0. No custom-exempt activity is reported.

The farm's website describes a family operation founded in 2020 by Alex Bates and his wife Emily on 40 acres of family owned land in Gettysburg. It states that the farm has grown to offer full USDA processing on farm and raises chicken, lamb, and turkey on pasture using rotational grazing and regenerative practices, without GMO or antibiotic inputs. The site says animals are hand processed on the farm and sold locally. Note that the website emphasizes chicken, lamb, and turkey, while the species list reported to FSIS also includes hogs.

Beyond its own products, the website advertises processing and supply services to other businesses: full service USDA processing that includes kettling for broth and tallow and a range of seasoned sausages, plus bulk wholesale and white label packing of pasture raised chicken and turkey. Processing inquiries are directed to alex@chapelfordfarm.com and bulk wholesale inquiries to sales@chapelfordfarm.com. The site also lists restaurant partners in the Washington, DC, Baltimore, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania area and retail stores that carry the farm's meat.

The website states that Chapel Ford Farm's on farm USDA processor goes beyond basic slaughter and packaging to offer kettling for broth and tallow and a full suite of seasoned sausages, and invites new or existing meat businesses to inquire about flexible USDA processing by emailing Alex Bates at alex@chapelfordfarm.com. It also describes bulk wholesale and fully customizable white label service for pasture raised chicken and turkey, including filling seasonal production gaps for small farms, with pallet pricing inquiries to sales@chapelfordfarm.com. The species reported to FSIS are hogs, sheep and lamb, and poultry, and no custom-exempt activity is reported, so any work would be under federal inspection as listed. Booking procedures, scheduling lead times, minimum head counts, kill fees, and cut and wrap charges are not stated in the sources on file.

Chapel Ford Farm, LLC 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 sells directly to households through an online store, with weekly home delivery within 60 miles of the farm and on farm pickup on Tuesdays from 4PM to 7PM. Buyers can order individual cuts, build a box, or subscribe to a Pasture Raised Chicken Flock Share on a four week cycle. Listed prices include bone in thighs at $7.00, boneless breast plus tender at $12.00, chicken bone broth at $12.00, and chicken country breakfast sausage at $8.00. For buyers outside the delivery zone, the site lists retail stores carrying its meat, including Let's Meat On The Avenue in Alexandria, VA, Farmacy Market in Milford, DE, People's Provisions in Elliottsburg, PA, Brick House Butcher in Falls Church, VA, and Soko Butcher Shop in Takoma Park, MD. Halves and quarters and nationwide shipping are not mentioned in the sources.

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.