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November 1, 2018

Bell & Evans Turkeys Available

Bell & Evans Turkeys Available, Recipe and Videos Help Customers Prepare The Excellent Turkey™

October 29, 2018

Belletarians Speak Out, Praise Bell & Evans’ Transparency, Welfare and Quality

Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania (October 29, 2018) – Loyal Bell & Evans customers, nicknamed “Belletarians” by Owner Scott Sechler, have been increasingly voicing words of praise for the family-owned producer for its commitments to transparency, superior animal welfare and premium quality products. “I strive to eat only Bell & Evans chicken and find it at my local...

October 11, 2018

Bell & Evans Produces Series of Virtual Tours

Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania (October 11, 2018) – Family owned, premium poultry producer Bell & Evans released a series of videos on its website allowing consumers to take virtual tours inside its breeder houses, organic-certified Hatchery, and chicken houses. “There are obvious biosecurity reasons for why we can’t trek groups of people through our chicken houses and...

August 27, 2018

Bell & Evans Raises $350,000 for WellSpan Sechler Family Cancer Center

Bell & Evans Raises $350,000 for WellSpan Sechler Family Cancer Center at 10th Annual Event In ten years, Bell & Evans’ fundraising efforts for Lebanon County cancer services have exceeded $1.8 million. Lebanon, PA (August, 27, 2018) – Bell & Evans celebrated its 10th anniversary charity golf tournament last week by presenting a check for...

August 15, 2018

Bell & Evans is Celebrating 10 Years of Fundraising!

Bell & Evans and the Sechler family are celebrating 10 years of fundraising for the WellSpan Sechler Family Cancer Center in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The Cancer Center offers comprehensive, integrated care to its patients and is ranked in the top 1% in Pennsylvania! To date, we’ve raised $1.5 million dollars and we’re hoping to write a...

May 15, 2018

Bell & Evans Celebrates 20 Years Without Antibiotics, First in Industry

Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania (May 15, 2018) – Premium poultry producer Bell & Evans is celebrating its 20th anniversary of Raised Without Antibiotics (RWA) chicken. The family-owned chicken producer was the first in the U.S. to eliminate the routine use of antibiotics from 100% of its broiler business in August 1998. It received USDA approval of its...

April 19, 2018

Suspicious Organic Grain Shipment Intercepted at U.S. Port

"The Cornucopia Institute... reports that twenty-five thousand metric tons of purportedly organic corn, grown in Russia, Moldova, and Kazakhstan, currently sit idle on the M/V Mountpark, a United Kingdom-flagged vessel lingering off the coast of California."

March 20, 2018

Bell & Evans Seeks Breeders & Growers to Support Business Expansion

Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania (March 19, 2018) – Family-owned, premium poultry producer Bell & Evans will open a 560,000-square-foot Chicken Harvesting Plant in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania, in early 2020. The new, European-plus Harvesting Plant will enable Bell & Evans to process another 2.6 million chickens per week in addition to its 1 million per week now. To support...

November 28, 2017

100% of our chickens will be transitioned to our new breed, Das Klassenbester, by the end of 2018

Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania (November 27, 2017) – Bell & Evans is a family-owned company in Fredericksburg, PA, and pioneer of premium, natural and organic chicken. 100% of our chickens will be transitioned to our new breed, Das Klassenbester, by the end of 2018. The new breed is focused on higher-welfare and slower growing, resulting in more flavorful...