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ALEXANDER Economic officials say they cannot measure the importance of a state-certified slaughter facility in Washington County to farmers there and in southern Aroostook County.
People were holding back, Elizabeth Sprague, small-business coordinator for the Down East Business Alliance, said. Because the closest inspected slaughter facilities were hours away and livestock are seriously stressed during transport, many Washington County farmers limited the number of animals they raised in spite of heavy demand for local meat.See the full content of this document
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Slaughterhose to Bolster Down East
That should all change by this fall, however, as Clayton and Catherine Blake of Blakes Slaughtering and Custom Meats in Alexander recently obtained a $123,000 grant from the Finance Authority of Maine to invest in a majo...
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