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Thursday, August 23, 2012

The Salt

So, Who Sent Those Sick Cows To The Slaughterhouse?

A security guard opens the gate at the Central Valley Meat Co., the California slaughterhouse recently shut down by federal regulators after they received a graphic video of cows being mistreated.

August 23, 2012 Graphic undercover video shines a light on dairies that send old and potentially sick cows to slaughter. Dairy cows spend their lives turning food into milk, not meat, and can suffer various ailments.

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Monday, June 04, 2012

The Salt

Small-Scale Slaughterhouses Aim To Put The 'Local' Back In Local Meat

This cow may have been raised for food on a farm near you, but it may not necessarily have been processed nearby

June 4, 2012 Some producers of "local" meat have had little choice but to ship their products hundreds of miles away to process, and then ship it back for sale. So some small producers are banding together to build slaughterhouses closer to home.

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