Acre Station Meat Farm is a unique family-owned business based in Terra Ceia, but it’s more than that. It’s a local business competing against the Food Lions and Piggly Wigglys — grocery-store chains with more resources.
Ronnie and Richard Huettman inherited the business from their father, Ernst, who came to the area in 1977 from New Jersey. The business started as a custom butcher shop and retail outlet. After their father died in 1987, the Huettmans and their mother, Nancy, continued the business. They opened another store in Williamston in 1987, but it closed in 1997.
Ronnie Huettman currently runs the retail side of Acre Station Meat Farm. He explained that custom meat processing is becoming a bigger trend.
“There is a large concern in the population about food safety. People are losing a certain amount of trust in their food source. It’s not like it was 20 or 30 years ago when people were feeling comfortable. People are not putting a price tag on their meat; they are relating it more to good health,” he said.
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