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Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Industry

Arkansas Poultry Farmers Navigate End of Contracts, Bankruptcy FalloutLock Icon

Some northwest Arkansas farmers are scrambling in the wake of news from poultry companies like Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale and Cooks Venture of Decatur (Benton County). read more >

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Agriculture & Poultry

Cargill Veteran John Niemann Named CEO of Cooks Venture

Niemann follows Matthew Modiak, the founder of the chicken and poultry breeding company. read more >

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Chickens on Cooks Venture’s 800-acre farm in Decatur (Benton County). The company, led by Blue Apron co-founder and chef Matthew Wadiak, expects to have their heirloom pasture-raised chicken available direct to consumers and on store shelves starting in July.
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics

Decatur Company Has Securities Offer Seeking to Raise $75MLock Icon

Cooks Venture filed a notice of an exempt offering of securities with the Securities & Exchange Commission last month. read more >

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Chickens on Cooks Venture’s 800-acre farm in Decatur (Benton County). The company, led by Blue Apron co-founder and chef Matthew Wadiak, expects to have their heirloom pasture-raised chicken available direct to consumers and on store shelves starting in July.
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics / Restaurants & Food

Avian Flu-Free, Fingers CrossedLock Icon

Cooks Venture, which raises hardy free-ranging chickens at the old Peterson Farms grounds in Decatur (Benton County), has a CEO who’s exhaling again after the threat of avian flu had Arkansas poultry producers holding their breath just weeks ago. read more >

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Agriculture & Poultry

Cooks Venture Expands Executive Team With New Sales, Operations Hires

The company has added executives from the Australian poultry producer Ingham's and the New Jersey-based startup Do Good Foods. read more >

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Cooks Venture is raising heirloom birds like these on farms developed by Lloyd Peterson years ago in Benton County.
Agriculture & Poultry

Flu-Free Chicken, Fingers Crossed for CooksLock Icon

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 >

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Cooks Venture, which grows heirloom chickens in Decatur, is a rare exception to the hiring crisis, reporting that its farm and 200-worker plant in Oklahoma are both well staffed.
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics / Health Care

Poultry Industry Faces Crisis with Worker ShortageLock Icon

In the biggest sector of Arkansas’ biggest industry, the mission these days is not counting your chickens, but counting your workers. read more >

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Cooks Venture is raising heirloom birds like these on farms developed by Lloyd Peterson years ago in Benton County.
Agriculture & Poultry / Investments / Restaurants & Food

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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Chickens on Cooks Venture’s 800-acre farm in Decatur (Benton County). The company, led by Blue Apron co-founder and chef Matthew Wadiak, expects to have their heirloom pasture-raised chicken available direct to consumers and on store shelves starting in July.
Agriculture & Poultry / Restaurants & Food

Cooks Venture CEO Reports Its Chicken Operations Are ‘COVID Zero’

Matthew Wadiak isn’t sure President Trump’s executive order keeping meat plants like Tyson Foods’ in operation despite employee COVID infections is such a great idea, but he’s always been out of step for a chicken processor. read more >

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Cooks Venture is raising heirloom birds like these on farms developed by Lloyd Peterson years ago in Benton County.
Agriculture & Poultry / Restaurants & Food

Cooks Venture of Decatur Adds CFO, $4M in Capital

Cooks Venture, a company building a breed of super chickens on the old Peterson Farms grounds in Benton County, announces a $4 million round of capital investment and the hiring of a CFO. read more >

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Cooks Venture is raising heirloom birds like these on farms developed by Lloyd Peterson years ago in Benton County.
Agriculture & Poultry / Construction / Energy

Super Chickens Reviving Big Name in PoultryLock Icon

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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Chickens on Cooks Venture’s 800-acre farm in Decatur (Benton County). The company, led by Blue Apron co-founder and chef Matthew Wadiak, expects to have their heirloom pasture-raised chicken available direct to consumers and on store shelves starting in July.
Agriculture & Poultry / Restaurants & Food / Retail

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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