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.

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…

A Friesla Modular Meat Processing System setup for MTXBeef in Texas.

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…

Side view of a tan Friesla Modular Meat Processing System setup for The Producer Partnership in Montana.

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…

Friesla clients Brian and Mary Heffernan from Five Marys Ranch on their ranch in Fort Jones, California.

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…

Black and brown beef cows in staging pens on a farm.

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.…

Smiling butcher in blue uniform standing in a Friesla Mobile Meat Harvest Trailer.

Posted April 19, 2020

Client Story: North Cascade Meat Producers Cooperative

A group of Pacific Northwest farmers had a problem. Consumers in their region wanted healthy, pasture-raised meat from farmers they trusted. The farmers nurtured their…