Richmond, VA – According to the state officials, the farmer-owned cooperative will produce and sell wholesale cage-free, premium table eggs to Dutch Country Organics.
Cooperative profits will be reinvested in people, products, processes, and member dividends.
Establishment of the cooperative restores and revitalizes poultry production in Central Virginia for the benefit of poultry-dependent farms and communities through the production of eggs.
Dutch Country recently executed a multi-year agreement with the Central Virginia Poultry Cooperative. Details of the agreement have not yet been released.
The cooperative expects to place the first laying hens in members’ converted broiler houses in April 2024.
