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Apr 19, 2011 Fieldgoods joined My Stranger Face

Apr 19, 2011 Fieldgoods commented on Mystery Meat.

I love this article. The writer is brilliant. I am still laughing. I have been doing some consulting on livestock processing. While I am not an expert, what I do know is that a huge part of eating local is how the animal is slaughter. Quite a few very nice farmers send their very nicely raised critters to really bad bad bad slaughter operations. They do not have much an option because most of the small slaughter ops shutdown when all the processing went industrial and now the USDA regs are very expensive. Key question for any butcher is where was the animal slaughtered and how many animals do they do a day. If you are concerned about the human issues this is very important. Recommended reading -- Eating Animals - Foer.