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The Business of Raising and sell Ethical Meat
Rebecca ThistlethwaiteJim Dunlop
Paperback
$ 35.00
include information on kine , pigs , poultry , sheep , and goats , and exotics like bison , rabbits , elk , and deer and offers a absolved , thorough , well - organized guide to a subject that will become increasingly significant as the market demand for pasture - enhance meat grows stronger .
How can anyone from a backyard hobbyist to a bombastic - exfoliation rancher go about raising and selling ethically raise meats directly to consumer , restaurants , and blunderer shops ? With the rising consumer stake in grass - fed , pastureland - lift , and antibiotic - barren meats , how can farmers most efficaciously tapdance into those markets and become more profitable ? The regulations and logistics can be daunting enough to wrick aside most would - be farm animal farmers , and find and preserve their customers challenges the rest .
Farmer , consultant , and author Rebecca Thistlethwaite ( farm with a Future ) and her husband and joint author , Jim Dunlop , both have extensive experience raising a variety show of pastured livestock in California and now on their homestead farm in Oregon . The New Livestock Farmerprovides pasture - based yield necessity for a wide range of animals , from common farm animate being ( cattle , poultry , pigs , sheep , and caprine animal ) to more exotic species ( bison , rabbits , elk , and cervid ) .
Each species chapter discourse the unique requirements of that creature , then dig into the step it takes to prepare and get them to market . Profiles of more than fifteen gist manufacturer highlight some of the creative ways these advanced farmers are raising animals and lineal - selling higher-ranking - lineament centre .
In addition , the Good Book contains selective information on a variety of vital subject :
• Governmental regulation and how they differ from nation to state;• Slaughtering and butchering logistics , including on - farm and mobile processing options and sample cutting sheets;• Packaging , labeling , and cold - storage considerations;• Principled marketing practices ; and• Financial management , pricing , and other business essential .
This playscript is must reading for anyone who is serious about set up meat creature ethically , outside of the current fused , unsustainable CAFO ( Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations ) system .
“ [ This ] is what my forefather Wendell Berry would call the best of books because it is a tool . It fills a cultural need , and will give start farmers just the information they take , just the manner they postulate it . ”—Mary Berry , executive music director , The Berry Center“Great practical advice on take the species to fire , humane treatment , and selling . enlightening chapter on processing , regulations , and set out a business . ”—Temple Grandin , author ofHumane Livestock HandlingandImproving Animal Welfare : A Practical Approach
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