Friesla Blog: Clients
Interested in starting a meat processing business? Explore our blog for industry info and stories of great Americans who are getting it done.
Posted March 17, 2025
Video Stories of Small, Local Meat Processing Businesses
A local meat processing business starts with a vision: an idea, answer to a question, or solution to a problem. What if you have this…
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Posted December 13, 2024
Client Story: BRK Meats
Raising, slaughtering, and processing animals for meat was once a routine part of American life, directly connecting communities to their food. Over time, as the…
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Posted November 5, 2024
Client Story: Harrison Harvesting
“COVID shined a light on how we had neglected our food chain, and it also shined a light on where our whole [meat processing] system…
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Posted October 2, 2023
Client Story: The Meating Place
Craft butcher shops used to be a staple in communities across America. Consumers had access to fresh, locally-produced meat, hand cut by butchers they knew…
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Posted August 8, 2023
Client Story: MTXBeef
MTXBeef started over a COVID-era cocktail and a campfire. It was spring 2020. The pandemic had hit. Nestled in the rolling Texas Hill Country—west of…
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Posted August 1, 2023
Client Story: The Producer Partnership
Think that opening a meat processing plant during a pandemic might be tough? Try starting the first nonprofit, federally-inspected meat processing plant in the United…
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Posted April 10, 2023
Client Story: Five Marys
Brian and Mary Heffernan knew that starting a meat processing business would be challenging. “Nothing is easy,” Brian quips. “If it were, everyone would do…
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Posted February 6, 2023
Client Story: Bear Mountain Beef
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mac and Celsie Sussex—owners of Bear Mountain Beef in Hawk Springs, Wyoming—faced both a problem and an opportunity.…
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Interested in starting a meat processing business? Explore our blog for industry info and stories of great Americans who are getting it done.

Posted March 17, 2025
Video Stories of Small, Local Meat Processing Businesses
A local meat processing business starts with a vision: an idea, answer to a question, or solution to a problem. What if you have this…

Posted December 13, 2024
Client Story: BRK Meats
Raising, slaughtering, and processing animals for meat was once a routine part of American life, directly connecting communities to their food. Over time, as the…

Posted November 5, 2024
Client Story: Harrison Harvesting
“COVID shined a light on how we had neglected our food chain, and it also shined a light on where our whole [meat processing] system…

Posted October 2, 2023
Client Story: The Meating Place
Craft butcher shops used to be a staple in communities across America. Consumers had access to fresh, locally-produced meat, hand cut by butchers they knew…

Posted August 8, 2023
Client Story: MTXBeef
MTXBeef started over a COVID-era cocktail and a campfire. It was spring 2020. The pandemic had hit. Nestled in the rolling Texas Hill Country—west of…

Posted August 1, 2023
Client Story: The Producer Partnership
Think that opening a meat processing plant during a pandemic might be tough? Try starting the first nonprofit, federally-inspected meat processing plant in the United…

Posted April 10, 2023
Client Story: Five Marys
Brian and Mary Heffernan knew that starting a meat processing business would be challenging. “Nothing is easy,” Brian quips. “If it were, everyone would do…

Posted February 6, 2023
Client Story: Bear Mountain Beef
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mac and Celsie Sussex—owners of Bear Mountain Beef in Hawk Springs, Wyoming—faced both a problem and an opportunity.…