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The loss of small scale processors, caused by mega corporation sponsored government regulations, is the single biggest obstacle to farm to customer beef.
Marin Sun Farms, which owns the slaughterhouse on Petaluma Boulevard North — the only USDA-certified meat processing plant in the Bay Area — has informed ranchers that, starting in January, it will no longer process animals for private labels such as Progressive Pastures.
"This puts us out of the business of selling to the retail market," said Torliatt, a former Petaluma mayor. "Knowing that our community is losing the ability to harvest locally, it's going to have a tremendous impact on agricultural infrastructure. It's going to have a negative affect on local agriculture."
https://www.petaluma360.com/news/10320684-181/petaluma-ranchers-beefing-about-slaughterhouse
Marin Sun Farms, which owns the slaughterhouse on Petaluma Boulevard North — the only USDA-certified meat processing plant in the Bay Area — has informed ranchers that, starting in January, it will no longer process animals for private labels such as Progressive Pastures.
"This puts us out of the business of selling to the retail market," said Torliatt, a former Petaluma mayor. "Knowing that our community is losing the ability to harvest locally, it's going to have a tremendous impact on agricultural infrastructure. It's going to have a negative affect on local agriculture."
https://www.petaluma360.com/news/10320684-181/petaluma-ranchers-beefing-about-slaughterhouse
