IronRoost Farms is on a mission to rebuild independent poultry production in Virginia. Not a lifestyle brand. Not a hobby farm. A real agricultural business built to compete with vertically integrated scale and locally rooted quality.
A Virginia where the chicken on your plate didn't pass through four corporate middlemen before reaching you. Where the farmer who raised it earns a real margin. Where cage-free and organic aren't luxury labels—but the standard.
IronRoost Farms is building toward that future. We intend to become the name that Richmond, the Shenandoah Valley, and every family in between trusts when they reach for poultry. Not through marketing spend, but through a product and supply chain that speak for themselves.
The modern poultry supply chain is optimized for corporate extraction, not quality food production. Three structural failures define the status quo.
Four corporations control 60% of US chicken production. Virginia farmers trapped in tournament pricing systems earn as little as $0.05/lb for birds they raise. The integrator model maximizes corporate profit at the farmer's expense.
Major processors have closed Virginia facilities in the last 5 years. Perdue shut down a Bridgewater plant. Tyson reduced Shenandoah Valley operations. Skilled workers displaced, feed mills underutilized, transport networks idle.
Consumers pay premium prices for "farm fresh" labels while actual independent farms disappear. 65% want cage-free but supply lags demand. The gap between marketing promises and agricultural reality grows wider every year.
Virginia is not an agricultural afterthought. It is the 10th largest broiler-producing state in the country, turning out 281 million birds annually. The Shenandoah Valley has been poultry country for generations. What changed is who controls it.
When Perdue and Tyson scaled back Virginia operations, they left behind something valuable: the bones of a fully functional poultry ecosystem.
Every phase builds on the last. Revenue starts in Phase 2. Full vertical integration completes by Year 5. We do not need to raise additional rounds to reach profitability.
Months 1-6. Secure land and facilities in the Shenandoah Valley. Establish first broiler houses with 25,000-bird capacity. Hire core operations team including farm manager and veterinary consultant. Initiate USDA inspection process and state permitting.
Months 6-18. First broiler cycle to market. Establish wholesale relationships with Richmond grocery chains and farm-to-table restaurants. Begin cage-free egg house construction. Validate unit economics and reach operational break-even on broiler production.
Months 18-36. Expand to 100,000-bird broiler capacity across multiple houses. Launch cage-free egg production with an initial flock of 15,000 laying hens. Add direct-to-consumer sales channel. Begin processing facility buildout to capture downstream margin.
Months 36-60. Full USDA-inspected processing capability online. Complete egg operation scale to 30,000 hens. Expand distribution footprint to DC metro and Norfolk/Hampton Roads markets. Achieve $10M annual revenue with full supply chain control.
These are not aspirational statements on a wall. They are operating principles that dictate every decision we make, from facility design to pricing agreements.
Every bird traceable from hatch to table. No hidden practices, no misleading labels. Investors and consumers see the same operation. We publish our methods because we are proud of them.
When we partner with local farmers, they earn a real living. No tournament pricing. No race to the bottom. Sustainable agriculture requires that every link in the chain can sustain itself.
Cage-free housing, responsible feed sourcing, humane processing. Not because it is trendy, but because it produces better food. Consumers can taste the difference. Our repeat purchase rates will prove it.
Hiring locally, buying feed locally, selling locally. IronRoost succeeds when Richmond's agricultural economy succeeds. We are not extracting value from Virginia. We are building it.
We are raising capital to build the independent poultry company Virginia needs. Below is the current round structure.
Vertically integrated poultry · Richmond, Virginia