Text Box: Family Farmers Meats Text Box: Premium Processing of Premium Meats Supporting Small Producers Text Box: Family Farmers Meats, LLC Founded in 2006 by a group of farming families, Family Farmers Meats, LLC operates a midsized USDA inspected multi-species meat processing facility near Mattoon in central Illinois. As one of only two Certified Organic meat processing plants in Illinois, Family Farmers Meats, LLC is able to provide the highest quality meats processed in a new state-of-the-art facility. In addition to providing the highest quality products to the consumer, Family Farmers Meats, LLC frees small and medium sized local farmers from the limits of the commodity market. It provides them with a place to have their products processed. Family farmers are pouring their energy into new, diversified enterprises while working together to preserve a way of life that we fear could disappear. And Family Farmers Meats, LLC is helping them to be profitable while preserving the environment that we all share. Because many of our customers are also part owners, we hold ourselves, our service, and our products to the highest standard. Our meats are raised under the watchful eyes of family farmers whose livelihood depends on the quality of our products. Why We Are Different Certified Organic Family Farmers Meats, LLC is one of only two Certified Organic meat processing plants in Illinois, and it is the only Certified Organic facility in the United States processing both poultry and livestock at the same facility. This means that we meet the strictest guidelines for sanitation and processing without using any prohibited chemicals or substances. Our facility is designed so that the meat travels in only one direction. Fresh cut meat can never come in contact with live animals. Our employees are even restricted so they can’t move from an unclean area of the facility to a clean area Natural Traceable Meats Our animals are raised without steroids and are not fed antibiotics. They are processed without chemicals and have no added “solutions”. Our meats will meet consumer demand for tasty, healthy, and humane animal products and will be traceable with accurate labeling and state-of-the-art sanitation. Locally Raised Unlike “Supermarket” meat which is often transported thousands of miles or even imported from a different continent, all of our meat is raised by local family farmers.