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ms across several Midwestern states utilizing pas- tures to raise chickens that produce non-GMO eggs for the company. From field to headquarters, the re- gional network stretches across 10 states. Network states include Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and now Tennessee. “It‘s part of our culture of stewardship,” com- pany officials said. In a statement, Handsome Brook Farms CEO Jor- dan Czeizler said the company is ex- cited to join the Morristown and Hamblen County Community. As we looked at plants all around the mid-Atlan- tic and Southeast, we kept coming back to the very favorable business created by the local, regional, TVA and state officials here inMorristown. Ultima- tely, the decision to invest in Morristown became an obvious one. The factors that you all have crea- ted here have made this a very good place to locate a business. One of Handsome Brook Farms youngest farmers, Jeremiah poses with one of his chickens PASTURE RAISED HBF gives at least 108 sq. ft. per hen, (an acre of land for every 400 hens), on rotated