The seeds for the creation of Pataskala Meats were planted almost 30 years ago at Ashbrook Stock Farms in Alexandria, Ohio when Kirk Hall and his father-in-law Albert Ashbrook raised sheep and sold them directly to ethnic customers at the farm. At that time a small slaughterhouse was used in an old hog barn, barely with running water, to provide a place for ethnic people to pick out and process their own food. Freezer meat was also raised on the farm, beef, pork, and lamb, and taken to other butcher shops to be processed into local food for customers.