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Slaughterhouse Shortage Hits Natural Beef
Industry
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Weekend Edition Saturday, by Amy Mayer April 14, 2007 ·
Large-scale agriculture has nearly eliminated small slaughterhouses from
many states. That's a problem for the farmers trying to fill the growing
demand for naturally raised, local meat products, especially in New
England. Small farmers must often drive for hours to get their animals
to slaughter.
See Larry Robinson of Mediterra in Princton who is feeding a Simply Grazin'
steer as featured in the January 2007 issue of Garden Plate
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Cattle raised according to the
USDA's "100% Organic" labeling standards on the Davis Mountains 100%
Organic Beef ranch in West Texas.
Credit: Keene Haywood/Courtesy Davis Mountains 100% Organic Beef
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Texas Ranchers Set Sights on Organic Beef
U.S. Love Affair with Elite Food Labels Fuels New
Meat Market
Morning
Edition audio
Photo Gallery: Organic Ranching in West Texas
Nov. 27, 2003 -- After years of public input, in
October 2001 the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced strict protocols
for an entirely new class of American beef -- organic.
The nation's growing awareness about the contents of its food is fueling
rapid growth: USDA figures indicate that organic livestock production grew
by more than 230 percent between 1997 and 2001. In the Davis Mountains
near Big Bend in West Texas, a group of traditional cattle ranchers have
concluded that organic ranching operations are going to be big
moneymakers.
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U.S. chicken breeders give diners plumper birds
10/26/03 EMILY GERSEMA
The Associated Press
  November 2002
March 31, 2002
Power Steer
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Michael Pollan |
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