Northern Goose was established in 1976 by Donald Salkeld, as a small family owned hatchery. Years of tireless work led to Donald achieving an unprecedented level of hatchability in geese not experienced before in the industry, thanks in part to his engineering mind and in part to his countless nights of sleeping next to the barns. Determined to further put to use his engineering capabilities, Donald decided his next project was to begin expansion into processing for food, and thus Northern Goose Processors was born. Over the next several years, Don grew Northern Goose Processors from a solely local into a Federally regulated operation, at its peak selling hundreds of thousands of geese around the world.