The second installment of Emily Corwin’s NHPR series, “Growing Pains,” on the economic impact of local food and agriculture in New Hampshire, recently aired, and examines a critical part of our infrastructure — slaughterhouses:
According to the USDA, Americans are producing and eating more locally-raised food every year. But the market for local meat has trailed behind the market for local produce. Until recently, reasoning has been that there’s a shortage of local slaughterhouses. But as three slaughterhouses open their doors in NH this year, industry-wide studies show that more slaughterhouses may not be the answer, after all. For more…