On Aug 21, 2012, at 11:31 PM, M Christol wrote: > I am so jealous - you are in for such a treat!!!!! > > On 8/21/12 8:53 PM, mex sara wrote: >> >> >> Pink Slime will have to look that up
I've been doing my part to interrupt the flow of pink slime into this country by purchasing the chicken parts before they are shipped to China. When I first contacted the CEO of one company I buy from, and asked him where all his offcuts went, he was floored - he had no idea, and had not thought to ask. When he found out that they were all being sold to China, he called back, fairly well furious, because he had taken a few days to follow the chain, and learned that the McNuggets he bought were actually coming from his company. They were taking a circuitous route to China to be mechanically separated, turned into pink slime, and then shipped back. This fellow had been in business for a long time, and had not been keeping track of every contract his company had. His lengthy explanation of what he had learned was not news to me - I knew what was going on before I called him. When he finished and I said "yes, this is what's been happening to US grown meat over the last few decades," he was astonished. He has since then been quite amenable to selling me whatever I ask for, and has lowered his minimum purchase weight to 500lbs to accommodate the small size of my business. He told me last month that whenever I'm ready to grow, he's ready to kill off those contracts. I can't use all of what he discards in this way, but keep working on other ideas. Ironically, some of the things big agriculture have been pushing for will eventually mean that our meats and produce will not be exportable at all. Except to China. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
