Information on Small Scale Poultry Processing and Mobile Meat Processing Units Around the Country

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General Information on Small Scale Poultry Processing:

ATTRA: Small Scale Poultry Processing Information – http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/poultryprocess.html

Northeast SARE Outreach and Training for Small Scale Poultry Processers: http://nesare.org/get/research-and-education-examples/outreach-training-and-education-for-small-scale-poultry-producers-using-a-mobile-poultry-processing.html

List of Mobile Slaughter Processing Units Currently in Operation in the US from Cooperative Extension:

• 1 Poultry Units
  • 1.1 Sierra Foothills (CA)
  • 1.2 Kentucky Mobile Poultry Processing Unit
  • 1.3 Foothills Family Farms (NC)
  • 1.4 Community Agricultural Development Center (WA)
  • 1.5 Vermont Mobile Processing Unit
  • 1.6 Montana Poultry Growers Cooperative
• 2 Red Meat Units
  • 2.1 Coast Grown (CA)
  • 2.2 Taos County (NM) Economic Development Corporation
  • 2.3 Wild Idea Buffalo (SD)
  • 2.4 Island Grown Farmers Cooperative (WA)
  • 2.5 Thundering Hooves (WA)

More Information on Specific Poultry Units:

About the Sierra Foothills (CA) Mobile Poultry Processing Unit: http://ceplacer.ucdavis.edu/files/46807.pdf

Kentucky Ag. Extension Mobile Poultry Processing Unit: http://www.extension.org/pages/Kentucky_Mobile_Poultry_Processing_Unit

Washington State Community Ag Development Center’s Mobile Poultry Processing Unit: http://www.communityagcenter.org/Poultry%20Unit.htm Pictures: http://www.communityagcenter.org/Poultry%20Unit_Pictures.htm

Article about Vermont Mobile Poultry Processing Unit: http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=10704669

New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (MA) Mobile Poultry Processing Unit: http://nesfp.nutrition.tufts.edu/resources/mobilepoultry.html… Article About: http://www.ediblecommunities.com/boston/fall-2009/mobile-poultry-processing-unit-you-can-take-it-with-you.htm. Small Scale Mobile Poultry Processing Unit in Eastern Mass: http://peteandjensbackyardbirds.com/Documents/EMassMPPU_dec172008.pdf

Article: Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Licensed in Montana: http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/us-mobile-poultry-processing-unit-licensed-id4140.html

About Equipment for Mobile Poultry Processing Units: http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/t0561e/T0561E06.htm

Mobile Processing Unit Videos from YouTube:

Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTmD5ojqaE0

NEFSI Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnIwhX3KSII