Source: ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 1/9/12

 

Mountain poultry and rabbit producers now have a place to take their animals for processing, and it’s billed as “the first community-administered, nonprofit meat processing facility in the U.S.” The Foothills Pilot Plant — a collaborative effort of state and local governments, small-scale meat animal producers and grant-making agencies — will open Wednesday, a few days ahead of schedule.

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