Vertical Integration Perdue owns and operates all aspects of processing from feed mills, hatcheries and live production/breeder operations, to our processing / further-processing plants. Each week, Perdue produces more than 42 million pounds of chicken and 3.5 million pounds of turkey products! Why is it important that Perdue owns and operates all aspects of processing? Food Safety! Owning and operating all aspects of processing allows us to keep tight control of the entire process from "farm-to-fork." Dependability! Doing it all makes us an extremely efficient operation that is NOT dependent on third party suppliers. We are in complete control of our products—and our destiny! Reliability! Perdue has been an integrated operation for over 25 years.     Lesson 4