Farmer George

I cannot comment on their service with respect to bringing in an animal and having them prep it for you, we have only visited to pick up some chops/​chicken/​red meat. We were very happy with this place and when the chicken is not sold out you can really tell a difference between theirs and the grocers. We ordered a ham for Easter and it was perfect.

I’ve used a lot of slaughter houses for my animals over the years and my first experience with this one will be my last. When you run a retail operation you at least need to be personable and kind to customers. Secondly be organized and clean. But most of all don’t short the customer on his meats being processed. The only bright spot was joe who is the mobile slaughter guy. He was a pleasure to work with.

Extremely disappointed. Without getting into details, I will never patronize this place again. Butchers are supposed to be professionals, not meat hackers!

I wish I could give it negative stars in the review!
Farmer George should be shut down for being a liar! My little sister took her FFA, grain fed pig to farmer george, and we didn’t even get one piece of her original pig! He gave us cuts from some other pig!!!
When we started sharing this with other FFA members and local pig farmers that almost laughed at us for being so naïve as to bring our pig to Farmer George. Apparently he has a reputation of pulling this pig switch on unsuspecting victims! He then turns around and sells YOUR pig in his shop for profit, and you’re stuck with his cheap gross boar!

This place was gross. Literally and figuratively!
Really small, dirty. But worse than all of that was the fact that their cured meats were made with MSG. MSG is an excitotoxin and «flavor enhancer» that actually excites certain cells in the body so much they self destruct. I’m sure a chemist could explain it better but that’s the gist of it.
I guess it’s good that they actually tell you they add it? That’s worth the one star I suppose.
Anyway! Besides all that, their prices are really high and it’s just not worth it.

How do you ruin a pig? Bring it to Farmer George!
The place is a madhouse, which can explain that they have screwed up every order, and every one of my friend’s orders.
So when you are the only game in town, you start to think you can do no wrong.
So, let’s start from the beginning.
Customer service. Chaotic, confusing, non-​existent. Order sheet, chaotic, and makes no sense. Which is OK, since they usually don’t follow it. So you get the wrong stuff, or someone else’s stuff.
Their cutting/​packaging, very poor. I have found bones in the weirdest cuts, that you would never have bones in. 300 lb. hogs with almost no ribs. They don’t pay attention to size, so you get a tiny chop with a large one, so portion control is, a pain. Hams that should be halved or quartered, are instead, cut like steaks, how do you carve that?
Of course nothing is more fun that defrosting one thing, to find you have something else there (mislabled). Or trying plan a meal for four and finding out the roast you defrosted is MOSTLY BONE!!!
Of course you can’t tell, since everything is frozen, and wrapped, so you have to wait until you defrost to see what you have.
Then their is their smoking! Disgraceful! They most smoke the hams for such a short period of time, since when you cut into them, they look like steak (pink and very soft) an almost no flavor whatsoever. The bacon, the same.
Basically their work is way sub-​par! This is NOT a butcher in the real sense of the word.
Hopefully someone new will open up and get some competition going, because they are terrible.
If you are coming off the street, and want some meat… probably OK. The place is a mess, and don’t bother asking for help, they are WAY to busy to help you.

Farmer George’s is absolutely amazing! Best selection of meats I’ve ever been privvy to. My favorite is the tri-​tip, and their bacon is the best I’ve ever had. They have a wide variety of cuts, sausages, jerky’s, and «exotic» meats, at a pretty fair price. Kangaroo, frog legs, turtle, alligator, rattlesnake (very pricey), elk, ostrich, buffalo… it’s truly wonderful what you can bring home from this place. And it’s all fresh. Sometimes you’ll walk in just as they’re butchering some newly killed herbivore – it gets no fresher than that! I wish I had another set of hands, so I could give this place four thumbs up!

Damn good meat. Country bacon is excellent, some of the best I’ve had. On the weekends they have local eggs and raw milk. Unless Farmer George is closed, buying meat anywhere else in PO makes 0 sense.

Great Service! I ordered a roast for a party and it was ready on time and as promised. My guests raved about the excellent quality of the roast.

Only reason for the 4 stars; the building… way too small!
as far as meat and I mean just about any kind of cut or kind you need, Farmers has it. Custom meat packs and special requests are outstanding; I have eaten meats from other local shops and none compares to this place, its locally owned, operated and the pride shows; I have had deer, elk and moose prepared here and have been blown away with the taste and freshness.
Go «Meat» the Farmer, he’s a cut above the rest!