Market Farming

["Elizabeth Pike" <pike AT always-online.com>]

> It seems to me that if a few independent producers could interest a
processor
> in taking their birds or rabbits or even fish, they could better
participate
> in the marketing instead of only selling to the live market.
>
> I know when I raised sheep and fish I wished for a local processor
so that I
> could sell directly to the consumer and have more control over my
revenue.

Are there no independent slaughterhouses around??  We have several
here due to small family beef growers, and hunters who are moving away
from processing their own meat due to sanitation issues.  We use a
local one for family processing of chickens & rabbits, and will use
them whenever I decide to sell the meat.

Ask your local hunters--they may know where small processors are
located.

Liz Pike
Morningstar Gardens
Pollocksville NC
ICQ 46954468