Wabasso is building a butcher shop and processing facility right on our ranch in Avon Park. We’re ready to serve you Florida beef, under a Florida brand. Leave your email below and we’ll keep you posted on the process.
Get updatesThe facility will sit on our farm in Avon Park, FL — a 10-acre parcel where CR 64 E meets E Avon Pines Road, right behind the volunteer fire station. The storefront will be accessible from both roads.
Zoning and county commissioner approvals are in hand. Ahead of us: commercial site plan review (at least another six months), construction, and USDA pre-operational review. Join the list and you’ll be the first to know when we nail down a grand opening date.
Yes. The front of the facility is a retail butcher shop and agritourism center — meat cases, a small quick-service restaurant with limited seating, and a family-friendly open lawn farmers market area. The back of the facility, where processing and slaughter happen, is closed to the public for food-safety and USDA reasons.
Yes — USDA-inspected and custom-exempt processing for other ranches, hobby farms, and county fair customers is a core part of the business. Serving other ranchers and livestock raisers in the area is part of why we’re building this in the first place.
That’s the plan. Direct-to-consumer online, farmers markets, Florida restaurants, and wholesale to grocery and hospitality.
Both. We understand and appreciate what each one offers, and we want our customers to be able to choose what suits their taste, their cooking, and their budget. Grass-fed runs leaner with a more pronounced flavor from the pasture. Grain-fed finishes with more marbling and the rich, buttery profile most Americans grew up on. Neither is better — they’re different, and we’ll carry both so you can pick the one that’s right for the meal you’re making.
Yes. The butcher shop will carry a full lineup of meats — beef, pork, poultry, and more — so it can be a one-stop shop for your protein needs. Alongside the meat case, you’ll find locally produced dairy, seasonal produce, and other ag products from farms we trust.
Yes — the facility will create new jobs across meat processing, sanitation, retail, kitchen, sales and distribution, and administration. Hiring will ramp up as we get closer to opening, and more roles will open up as we scale.
Fair questions — and ones the zoning approval took seriously. The approval came with 19 specific conditions addressing all three. Among them: refrigerated byproduct storage with sealed containers emptied biweekly, an enclosed inedible room with negative-pressure ventilation, an on-site USDA inspector, a traffic management plan, acoustically shielded outdoor equipment, and full-cutoff downward lighting with no stadium-style fixtures. Everything stays fully enclosed and climate-controlled, with a clear separation between the public spaces out front and the commercial operations behind them.
Join the list. Tell your friends. Share the post. When we open, come buy beef. The support from Highlands County so far has been the reason it’s happening.