Baylen Linnekin on Breaking the USDA’s Slaughterhouse Stranglehold

Local food
advocates and the USDA both encourage you to get to know your
farmer. Many consumers choose to do just that. But what if USDA
regulations make futile the time and effort and money that a farmer
and a consumer put into building this acquaintance? That’s exactly
the case, writes Baylen Linnekin, when it comes to USDA
mis-management of the process for slaughtering the animals we eat,
a fact that recent events have hammered home.

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