She couldn't find ANY sustainable slaughterhouses?? She should have checked out Eco-Friendly Foods in Moneta, VA. Bev Eggleston has been humanely slaughtering pasture raised animals for more than a decade. He sells to high end restaurants and at farmer's markets up and down the East Coast, mostly in the DC and NYC areas. Yes, comparitively his operation is small, but it's having a huge impact on the sustainable food movement in this part of the country. He is so well known, that it's rather frequent that you'll see "Bev's Pork Ribs" or "Bev's Grass-Kickin Chicken" on a menu at a restaurant. What other slaughterhouse owner do you know that customers recognize by first name alone?
If Bev sells EcoFriendly Foods in your area, do the movement, the animals, and you palate a favor and buy it. In my opinion there is simply no higher quality or more sustainable meat out there than his.
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