02-08-2019, 11:59 AM
The mobile slaughterhouse sounded like a good idea, but it's not quite useful to smaller small producers. I'm left wondering if HIMC didn't crunch the numbers, or if they just didn't care.
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...-ranchers/
While a mobile slaughterhouse operated by the Hawaii Island Meat Cooperative is periodically available, Carroll said she would have to slaughter about half of her flock for that option to be financially viable. ... Carroll said if she cannot find a place to slaughter her lambs soon, she might have to stop raising the animals altogether.
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...-ranchers/
While a mobile slaughterhouse operated by the Hawaii Island Meat Cooperative is periodically available, Carroll said she would have to slaughter about half of her flock for that option to be financially viable. ... Carroll said if she cannot find a place to slaughter her lambs soon, she might have to stop raising the animals altogether.