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Dr. DLV's avatar

This is exactly WHY hubby and I built our own butcher shop on our ranch for ourselves, friends and family to utilize. It has been operational for right at a year and we have processed 2 cows, 8 hogs, 8 deer, 13 turkeys and about 50 chickens! We are utilizing it MUCH more than I ever thought we would. We make our own sausage, brats, beef sticks, jerky, etc and it is all MUCH healthier for us without all the preservatives. The shortest food supply chain is the more secure! Do it yourself if you can!

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Yarrow's avatar

FWIW... I didn't want to be half an hour on the phone with lengthy talking points, so I distilled it down to:

1) Good for small farmers

2) Good for communities

3) Good for local business

4) Good for the environment (eliminate some unnecessary shipping)

5) Would be a great first step toward getting more young people into farming-- we still have a big problem with the aging population of farmers in this country, and part of the reason is that young people can't get *into* that business. PRIME would help a lot.

and

If you're feeling bombastic

6) It'll piss off big ag and increase your for-the-people street cred to support this bill.

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