Meat producers take charge of their own industry

Times are changing in the meat industry — and a group of farmers and ranchers in Alameda, Saskatchewan has formed a co-op to make it work better for them.

The group plans to buy and expand a local butcher shop whose owner is nearing retirement and struggling with capacity issues. The Southeast Butcher Block Co-operative will give meat producers in the area access to more butcher services, and consumers more options to purchase local meat. The co-op’s abattoir and meat retail shop aims to more than double the capacity and output of custom killing and retail sales in the community.

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