New Resource for Building a Mobile Poultry Slaughterhouse July 3rd, 2013 Ali Berlow, founder of Island Grown Initiative, an NSAC member group, recently published The Mobile Poultry Slaughterhouse, a manual for building a humane, mobile chicken-processing unit. Using her experience establishing a mobile poultry slaughterhouse on Martha’s Vineyard, Berlow comprehensively describes how to adapt her methods to other communities based on their unique needs to ensure an economically feasible production for poultry slaughter. The total number of small-scale livestock slaughter facilities has declined over the past 10 years, despite tremendous growth in total sales of foods direct-to-consumer. Mobile slaughter trailers can help serve poultry growers who lack access to nearby or appropriately-sized slaughterhouses, as well as helping processors maintain a stable volume of business, necessary for economic success. Berlow described transparency and community as the keys to a successful slaughterhouse. “When you engage the community, it helps them to know where their food is coming from and the difficulties and challenges that come with that.” One such difficulty, complying with local, state, and federal regulations, can only be helped by more community engagement and outreach to local and state regulators, according to Berlow. ... sustainableagriculture.net/blog/mobile-poultry-slaughterhouse/
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 19:21:40 +0000
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