A family farm built to honor God, generation by generation.
OUR HISTORY
Four generations of Braswells have been blessed to lead our family business. By God’s grace and with our family of dedicated employees and growers, we have been able to serve our customers and each other for more than 80 years.
The Story
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A LONG LINE OF FARMERS
“JM & EG Braswell left the small family farm to work at Boddie Milling Co. hoping to feed their families.”
“Mr. Strickland sold Boddie Milling Co. to JM & EG.”
“Ronald and Gene (2nd generation) returned from military service to join the family business.”
“Braswell Milling Co. was established when JM, Gene and Ronald purchased an old Wayne Feeds mill inside Nashville town limits.”
“BMC diversified and began to raise laying hens and produce high-quality shelled eggs.”
“Times were very hard as eggs were selling often for half of what it cost to produce them.”
“Scott Braswell (3rd generation) comes back to start working with the family and builds Red Hill Egg farm in 1979.”
“Braswell becomes a founding member of Eggland’s Best Eggs.>”
“Scott Braswell becomes President.”
“Braswell buys Glenwood Foods and long-term customer becomes one of the first to produce organic eggs.”
“Carolina Egg Company is built, the company’s first modern inline egg producing and grading farm.”
“Trey Braswell returns to the company as the 4th generation of eggheads to lead the farm.”
“Braswell Family Farms is officially birthed out of the rebranding of Braswell Foods.”
“Braswell Family Farms is one of the largest specialty egg producers and organic feed mills on the east coast with active plans to continue building its flock farm by farm.”
Leadership
“Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” Proverbs 11:14
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OUR Family
Our family isn’t complete without our experienced, hard-working, and wonderful employees, vendors, suppliers, customers, and contract growers. Whether they have been with us for a few months or 20+ years, we are grateful for their dedication and committed to promoting their well-being.
In 1943, brothers E.G. and J.M. Braswell set in motion the Braswell Family Farms story when they purchased the humble 19th century Boddie Mill. The industrious pair ground corn meal for local farmers and neighbors, but always closed on Sundays. E.G.’s sons, Ronald and Gene, joined the business, which was now milling feed, in 1956, and they soon began selling pullets (young hens) to egg producers and contracting with local farmers to keep hens. Eggs from the Braswells’ own flocks and from their grower partners were sold to families, markets, and restaurants in the area. In 1969, the company built a state-of-the-art feed mill that is still in use today, having been upgraded to meet our exacting standards for quality feed.