Farmers Pride, Inc.

Farmers Pride, Inc., doing business as Bell & Evans, operates a poultry plant at 520 Chestnut Hill Road in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The establishment holds FSIS establishment numbers P1304B and V1304B and is listed with activities covering poultry slaughter, poultry processing, and voluntary poultry slaughter and processing. FSIS classifies the plant in its Large size class, with a grant of inspection date on file of January 12, 2023, and a slaughter volume category of 5.0. Poultry is the only species reported slaughtered under inspection, and no custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The Bell & Evans website describes a branded chicken business that is family owned and operated since 1894 across four generations, associated with the Sechler family. The site presents chicken raised without antibiotics, 100 percent air chilled, humane, and organic, along with a virtual farm tour, recipes and cooking blogs, a blog written by the owner, and packaging described as different from conventional trays. A new chicken breakfast sausage patty product is promoted on the site.

Founding information differs between sources. The company website states the business has been family owned and operated since 1894, while a secondary business directory listing for Farmers Pride, Inc. gives a founding year of 1947. The federal record lists a phone number of (717) 454-6250, while one directory listing shows (717) 865-6626. Details beyond the federal record and the website text above, including hours, retail sales, and any arrangements for farmer-owned birds, are not on file.

The Bell & Evans website is consumer facing and includes recipes, cooking blogs, coupons and email signup, a virtual farm tour, and information on packaging. Products are described as raised without antibiotics, 100 percent air chilled, humane, and organic. The site text on file does not state whether there is a retail counter at the Fredericksburg plant, nor does it state halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping. Buyers should contact the company directly for where its chicken is sold.

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.