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Decatur Company Has Securities Offer Seeking to Raise $75M
Cooks Venture filed a notice of an exempt offering of securities with the Securities & Exchange Commission last month. read more >
Flu-Free Chicken, Fingers Crossed for Cooks
The free-ranging super birds of Decatur (Benton County) haven’t suffered a single case of avian flu, but they’ve had their wings clipped, metaphorically. read more >
Company With Benton County Poultry Farm Announces $10M Investment
Cooks Venture, the company raising heirloom chickens in Decatur with a genetic line going back to Arkansas poultry pioneer Lloyd Peterson, announced a new $10 million investment on Wednesday. read more >
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Super Chickens Reviving Big Name in Poultry
Blake Evans, the last CEO of Peterson Farms before selling all broiler operations to Simmons Foods Inc. of Siloam Springs in 2008, has hitched the family legacy to a new partnership: a startup headed by a co-founder of the meal-order service Blue Apron. read more >
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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plan, It’s Superchicken!
Matthew Wadiak, co-founder of the meal service Blue Apron, is thinking outside the box — and outside the cage. read more >
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