This Is Not a Fight Against Farming

It's about protecting our community while supporting responsible agriculture.

We Support Farming

Nobody is against family farms or traditional farming. Many of the residents have lived here for years. We have always supported normal farming activities and understood that living in a rural community comes the everyday realities of farming.

What changed was not normal farm smells or regular farming activity. What changed was that Kingdom Provisions started operating a slaughterhouse on Durham Road. They had documented history of environmental violations, odor complaints, waste handling problems and litigaion at their facility so; they moved a slaughterhouse waste composting operation on preserved farmland on the Shull Farm on Groveland Road.

This is not a farm composting its own farm waste

This operation involved slaughterhouse waste being trucked in from a separate commercial business and brought onto the property for composting.

The day to day operation, including hauling waste, handling materials, and managing the compost piles, is being run by Kingdom Provisions, not by a traditional family farm managing its own farm byproducts.

Residents are NOT “anti-farm.” Most have lived here for decades they are not city transplants and have lived peacefully with farm operations for years. People only became concerned after experiencing rotting flesh odors so strong it caused you to gag when you opened your door, alongside pest infestations and increased truck traffic that made daily life miserable. These are not mere opinions; these concerns were validated after DEP inspections documented significant issues and violations at the site. The issue is not the farm itself, but the specific problems that now prevent families from comfortably living in their own homes.

Residents are also concerned about larger questions, including:

Whether this type of operation belongs on preserved farmland
Whether bringing in slaughterhouse waste from another business is really traditional farming
Whether stronger permits and oversight should be required
Whether clear operating limits and inspections are in place
Whether Township, County, and State agencies fully reviewed the operation together

Many residents believe the problems previously connected to Kingdom Provisions are not being solved, but instead moved to another location.

Everyone understands that farming is difficult and that many farms face financial pressure. Nobody wants to see farms disappear. But financial pressure does not remove the need for rules, oversight, and accountability, especially when a company with a history of violations is involved.

At the end of the day, this is not a fight against farming. It is about protecting the people who live here while making sure there is proper oversight, clear rules, environmental protection, and accountability when a commercial waste operation affects nearby homes and the community.