Local Meat and Poultry Processing: The Importance of Business Commitments for Long-Term Viability

by Lauren Gwin, Richard Stillman, Arion Thiboumery

Consumer demand for local food, including local meat and poultry, has risen in recent years. To sell meat, farmers need access to appropriately scaled processing facilities with the skills, inspection status, and reliability to prepare these products safely, legally, and to customer specifications. Farmers and others suggest that limited processing infrastructure restricts the supply of local meat and poultry. At the same time, existing small processors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1497598397
• ISBN13: 9781497598393
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 50 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.1" x 8.5"