FREDERICKSBURG, Pa. — Bell & Evans has begun construction on a new 411,500 square foot, organic-certified chicken harvesting facility here. The first precast walls were placed in July, and the facility will be operational by late 2021, the company notes. The project will cost the company approximately $330 million and double its current production capacity.
Bell & Evans produces 100 percent premium Raised Without Antibiotics chicken and organic chicken, approximately 60 percent and 40 percent of its business, respectively. The additional capacity will allow Bell & Evans to continue expanding its organic production to approximately 50 percent of total. . .