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Foster Farms: From a $1,000 Loan to a Valley Institution

Guests photograph Apple, a turkey raised at Foster Farms Wellsford Ranch near Modesto, in the White House Rose Garden on November 24, 2010
Apple, raised at Foster Farms’ Wellsford Ranch near Modesto, meets the cameras at the White House on November 24, 2010. Official White House photo: Chuck Kennedy, public domain; resized.

Foster Farms began with a $1,000 loan and a husband and wife raising poultry outside Modesto. For Turlock, the story became much bigger than a label in the grocery store: turkey plants, hatcheries, feed deliveries and paychecks. The name is still familiar, but the business has changed. The Foster family sold the poultry company in 2022, and its fresh-turkey operation in Turlock closed in 2025. Founded: 1939 by Max and Verda Foster, near Modesto. Headquarters:… Keep Reading

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Court Orders Coronavirus Safety Rules for Foster Farms Plant

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FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, a truck enters the Foster Farms processing plant, in Livingston, Calif. A court says the chicken processing plant in central California that saw a deadly coronavirus outbreak must provide its workers with masks and follow a raft of other anti-COVID-19 health orders. A judge in Merced County on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, granted a temporary restraining order sought by a union against Foster Farms. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

LIVINGSTON, Calif. — A court says a chicken processing plant in central California that saw a deadly coronavirus outbreak must provide its workers with masks and follow a raft of other anti-COVID-19 health orders. 

A judge in Merced County on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order sought by a union against Foster Farms. 

A virus outbreak at its Livingston facility — one of the world’s largest chicken plants — killed nine people and sickened hundreds earlier this year. 

Foster Farms says it’s already following safety rules and repeatedly testing employees for COVID-19, which has caused serious outbreaks at meatpacking plants nationwide.

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