Joyce Farms

Joyce Farms was started in 1962 by Alvin Joyce and is still a family-owned business today, with Alvin’s son, Ron Joyce, and his two sons, Ryan and Stuart, at the helm. They are located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and most of their partner farms are also located in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia. Joyce Farms has come a long way since the company was founded in 1962. They've gone from just selling chickens to raising the very best poultry, beef, pork, and game for the top chefs, artisanal butchers, and educated consumers across the U.S.

Since its origin, Joyce Farms has expanded its Heritage line to feature slow growing, old world and heritage breed animals, including their Heritage Pork, which is raised in pasture-based and regenerative agriculture systems. Their goal is to supply the top culinary markets with the taste, texture and culinary advantages of superior animals, raised with no pesticides, animal by-products, hormones, growth stimulators or antibiotics EVER.

They use Regenerative Agriculture methods, including complex cover crops, planned rotational grazing, and no chemicals or tillage, to produce flavorful, nutritious proteins, while protecting animal welfare and restoring health to the soil.