Cooley Farms - USPOULTRY Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award Winner

Cooley Farms, owned and operated by Larry and Leighton Cooley, has more than 1,050 acres of land on which chickens and cattle are raised and hay is grown. The farm began operating in 1985 on 70 acres of land with two broiler houses. Over the years, the farm operation grew and evolved, specifically in the area of chicken production. Today, Cooley Farms raises approximately 500,000 chickens per flock on behalf of Perdue Farms, which equates to three million chickens per year in their 18 poultry houses. Cooley Farms is one of USPOULTRY 's past Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award winners, recognized for exemplary environmental stewardship by family farms engaged in poultry and egg production.