They’re talking turkey again at Kreamer Freed in Middlecreek Township, Snyder County.
The feed company, which also does a large amount of business in the actual growing of chickens, had until a few years ago produced a good number of turkeys.
But when their main customer for turkeys decided to begin growing their own birds, Kreamer Feed stopped dealing with gobblers, the company’s president William Robinson said.
With turkey becoming an increasingly popular food item, year-round, Kreamer Feed’s begun growing flocks of the birds again, he said. Kreamer Feed has been one of the local company’s that’s had the most success capitalizing on consumer-interest in organic foods, as well.
Nature’s Best Organic Feeds exhibited a complete line of certified organic livestock feeds. The company offers complete, balanced formulations for poultry, swine, beef, dairy, horses and other animals. It recently added a pastured poultry line to its product offerings. Kreamer Feed has been manufacturing organic feeds for 15 years. The company began its bagging operation five years ago.
The company produced organic feed and its growers have flocks of organically-raised
birds. Sales in that segment have continued to increase each year.
And the company’s become a supplier to many of the leading gourmet and organic
grocery stores chains, including Whole Foods.
As a supplier for Whole Foods, Kreamer Feed representatives were part of a meeting last year with animal-rights activists to discuss their concerns about the conditions in which the animals live on the farm, Mr. Robinson. Whole Foods has company “animal compassionate standards” which are intended to asssure that the meat sold in the chain’s store comes from animals “raised and processed in less stressful environments than is typical in the conventional meat industry,” according to information on the company’s Web site.
As a leading producer of organic feed, Kreamer Feed has also been in contact with government officials from a number of foreign countries as agricultural leaders in those nations try to develop organic programs, Mr. Robinson said. The company’s efforts to develop business relationships overseas garnered the business an export award from the state two years ago.
Article was written by John Finnerty for The Daily Item.