by Audrey Kali | Oct 1, 2012 | News
On Monday, September 10th, we were honored to have Temple Grandin give us a lesson on the humane slaughter of bison at Double J Meatpacking in Pierce, Colorado. She explained to us that bison almost became extinct, but fortunately now people are raising bison and...
by Audrey Kali | Aug 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Early on Tuesday morning, August 7th, we accompanied Terri Lawton as she transported three calves and a steer to a slaughterhouse out of state. It was about a 50-minute drive. It was fascinating to watch Terri and her father set up a gated pathway from the barn to...
by Audrey Kali | Jul 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
We visited Eric Shelley and his family on his farm in Cobleskill, New York, on July 14th 2012. We wanted to learn more about what he does when he is not teaching students about humane slaughter, cutting and packing. On this very hot July Saturday, the main task...
by Audrey Kali | Jul 15, 2012 | News
On July 11th we visited Terri Lawton on her farm in Foxboro, MA. This three hundred year-old farm, which has been in the Lawton family for generations, is a welcome anomaly in the vicinity of Gillette Stadium. We were privileged to be invited to watch her milk her...
by Audrey Kali | Jun 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Perhaps the ultimate metamorphosis is for an animal to go from being a living being to being a sausage. Nothing about a sausage looks like flesh or bone. But Eric Shelley tells us that “we can’t stop thinking about the fact that this was once a living...
