After collapse of Cooks Venture

After collapse of Cooks Venture, chicken farmers look for answers

He and other growers are pursuing legal action against Cooks in part for missing payments. They claim they had no idea the company was in ...

Farmers Sue Cooks Venture Executives for Deception After Sudden ...

After many years raising chickens for conventional meatpackers like George's and Tyson, Leslie Harp decided to take the chance and convert ...

Former poultry growers sue Cooks Venture execs for ... - Food Dive

The failed startup, which positioned itself as a “next-generation food company,” left farmers to pick up the pieces after the company ...

Cooks Venture tried to raise chickens better. Then 1M birds were ...

Arkansas farmers were left to pick up the pieces following the unexpected closure of a poultry company known for its free-range chickens.

Cooks Venture chickens are going out of business, I'm sad. Where to ...

Matt Wadiak ran Blue Apron into the ground, then started Cooks Venture, left abruptly and is now founder of another company. There's a pattern ...

Former Cooks Venture growers sue company's leaders - WATT Poultry

The 13 plaintiff growers allege Cooks Venture's executives engaged in deceptive and unlawful conduct. ... Thirteen former contract growers for ...

Investors sowed millions into slow-growing chicken venture, then it ...

Follow the money: Axios estimates Cooks Venture collected between $123 million and $152 million from private investors from its founding in 2019 ...

Manager of defunct Cooks Venture left wake of businesses - Axios

The Evans family still owned Peterson Farms but sold its meat-producing and propane operations to Simmons Foods of Siloam Springs later that ...

Arkansas-based Cooks Venture Closes, Lays Off Hundreds

Arkansas-based Cooks Venture, a poultry producer that specializes in heirloom birds and regenerative agriculture, recently closed its operations in Oklahoma ...

'Super Chicken' Venture Sold Out of Bankruptcy - Arkansas Business

The bankruptcy sale capped the fall of Cooks Venture, which touted its mission to build a better food system and liked to show off pictures ...

Arkansas chicken growers sue poultry execs for damages from ...

Thirteen farmers on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit against executives of bankrupt Arkansas poultry company Cook's Venture for the financial consequences ...

Arkansas poultry company closure leaves farmers high and dry, 1.3 ...

Fallout from the closure of Northwest Arkansas poultry company Cooks Venture ... Arkansas farmers still skeptical after Cooks Venture shares ...

Madison County farmer at risk of losing poultry farm following Cooks ...

After meat distributor Cooks Venture closed in November, one farmer in Clifty Ark. found another way to pay her bills.

I'm so sad! I just discovered that LAST week, Cooks Venture closed ...

And now they're euthanizing all the chickens? Millions of chickens just destroyed because the meat processing plant went out of business.

Arkansas Advocate: Chicken growers sue poultry execs for ...

Thirteen farmers on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit against executives of bankrupt Arkansas poultry company Cook's Venture for the financial consequences ...

Growers left with hungry chickens - Arkansas' Best News Source

Cooks Venture, a heritage chicken processor, shut down operations in Decatur and Jay, Okla., after financing for the company fell through in ...

Cooks Venture continues poultry euthanasia; state crews tell news ...

Cooks Venture is moving forward with its plan to euthanize over a million chickens across Arkansas waiting to be processed following the ...

Handout F3 - Cooks Venture Articles - Arkansas State Legislature

Dustin Maybee, a former Cooks Venture grower in Carroll County, sounded desperate as he described his situation after the state euthanized all ...

Blake Evans - Arkansas Business

Cooks Venture is raising heirloom birds like these on farms developed by Lloyd Peterson years ago. Agriculture & Poultry / Investments / Restaurants & Food ...

Basel Musharbash on X: "“Cooks Venture's failure also raises ...

Cooks Venture's failure also raises questions about the future of investing in more sustainable and humane livestock systems: such as who ...