Press Release - Archive
Release Date:  February 12, 2003
Contact:  Teddie Crippen
Phone:  541-923-0943

Superior Farms Hosts Chef's Association of the Pacific Coast

Davis, California - Superior Farms celebrates 40 years of commitment to the lamb industry.  Superior Farms was founded in 1963 in Ellensburg, Washington. The company was started by Phil Cohn and was privately owned until 1991. In 1991 Superior Farms became an ESOP company and is owned by its five hundred employees.

As the West Coast demand for quality lamb grew so did Superior Farms. In 1981 another facility was opened in Dixon, California to provide additional slaughter and processing capabilities.  Superior Colorado was opened in 1995 and merged with Mountain Meadows Lamb in 2000 to better serve our eastern customer base. Boston Lamb and Veal was acquired in 1997 to extend East Coast service. In 1998 Superior Farms joint ventured with a lamb facility in Australia for an imported lamb supply.

Over the years Superior Farms established itself as an industry leader. Superior pioneered branded lamb programs; vacuum packaging and case ready lamb. Superior continues the evolutionary process that began decades ago by expanding our packaging technology to include further processed lamb products and veal.  

Superior Farms maintains a spirit of ongoing growth aimed at better serving the marketplace through expansion and continual updating of our current facilities. All facilities are USDA and HACCP approved. New product development and food safety remain a priority today as it has in the past.

Superior Farms is the largest processor of lamb in the United States. The variety of lamb products, marketing programs, processing locations, and national customer base contribute to 40 years of growth, success and on-going commitment to the lamb industry. 

Superior will celebrate by recognizing producers, customers and employees that made this accomplishment possible.