GenreHouse & Home, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics
AuthorAli Berlow
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight1.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2012-043070
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Using her experience establishing a mobile poultry slaughterhouse on Martha's Vineyard, Berlow comprehensively describes how to adapt her methods to other communities based on their unique needs to ensure an economically feasible production for poultry slaughter." , Using her experience establishing a mobile poultry slaughterhouse on Martha's Vineyard, Berlow comprehensively describes how to adapt her methods to other communities based on their unique needs to ensure an economically feasible production for poultry slaughter., Poultry producing books have proliferated in recent years; however, most have focused on slaughtering chickens for home consumption. None have laid out the details for putting together a small-scale slaughterhouse. Readers and communities with an interest in organizing an MPPT [Mobile Poultry Processing Trailer] will find this resource invaluable.
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Dewey Decimal664/.93
Table Of ContentForeword by Temple Grandin Preface Cookbook for the Journey - Thank You Introduction How and Why We Began - Postcard from an Island - A Cook's Wishbones Start Here, Get Organized Beginning Where You Are - Ways of Becoming - Gathering the Players - Why Chicken - Crossing Cultures, Earning Trust Money In and Money Out Figuring Out Finances - Finding Funding - Trojan Units - The Consolidation of Slaughterhouses Nuts, Bolts, and Values Coming to Terms: A Vocabulary of Values - Small Really Is Beautiful - Mobile Units Across the Continent - Asunder - What You Will Need Training the Chicken Crew The Crew's First Training: Live and Local - Suggested BoH Guide for Chicken Slaughter Inspection - Almost Kosher - Blood and Humanity Education, Marketing, and Outreach Education - Marketing - Outreach - Local Grocer + Local Farmer = The True Cost of Food - Public Health and Backyard Growers The Path to a Permit Permit Catch-22's - We Raise Permit #417's Flag - Exemptions - The DPH's Reason For Being - Cease and Desist The Big Day Of The Farmer's To-Do List - Advice to a Farmer from the Chicken Crew - Advice to a Farmer from a Local Board of Health Agent - Gray Water Awareness - How Many Chickens in a Day? - When Things Happen: Advice from an Advocate - Custom Chicken Now Cook Up That Lovely Bird Making the Most of It - Starting with the Whole Bird - Taking Stock - Breaking Down and Deboning a Chicken - It's Offal - Comfort Food Appendix Farmer's Checklist for Day Of - Farmer Survey Suggestions Resources Index
SynopsisIf you're raising poultry for meat and lack easy access to a humane slaughterhouse, a mobile slaughter and processing unit may be the solution. Ali Berlow shows you how to build a unit that accommodates all types of poultry and can easily be moved to any location, making it a great cooperative investment for a community of small-scale farmers. Covering the mechanics of construction, sanitation, safety, and permitting processes, this guide shows you how a mobile slaughterhouse can make your poultry operation more self-sufficient., Ali Berlow offers a step-by-step guide to building a mobile poultry slaughterhouse that can serve communities and small farmers.