Source: ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 11/15/17

The only Animal Welfare Act-approved poultry processing facility in the southeast closed its doors last month, leaving farmers in six states scrambling to fill holiday orders. The nearest U.S. Department of Agriculture-approved slaughterhouses are in Ohio, Kentucky, Kansas and Alabama, and some farmers said the future of local poultry may have been jeopardized by the closure. 

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