Month: September 2011

Sen. Michael Bennet urged Pres. Barack Obama late last week to finalize and implement rules to even the playing field for small ranchers and chicken farmers in competition with corporate giants in the industry. Sustainable food advocates, who have been traveling the country asking legislators to sign on to similar letters, claimed the senator’s move as a minor victory in what they see as a battle between David and Goliath. …

The low cost of chicken is good for consumers, but bad for Georgia's agricultural economy. The state's $13 billion poultry industry is scaling back production to boost prices again, experts say. …

Bill the Butcher, Inc. the return of the neighborhood butcher, announced that it has raised $545,000 of equity financing in its fourth quarter ending August 31, 2011, bringing the total capital raised to over $3 million, as part of the initial $11 million raise. Bill the Butcher will use the new capital to continue expansion plans in the greater Seattle area and begin designing the launch of a transactional web site and start exploratory investigations into new markets in California and Texas. …