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The Broken Beef System | Concord News
In 1967, the Wholesome Meat Act aimed to ensure safe meat by requiring USDA inspection—but it backfired, crushing local farmers and shrinking America’s beef industry. Now, just four corporations dominate beef processing, we import more meat than we produce (Brazil’s leading the charge), and 70% of slaughterhouses are gone. Farmers can’t get their animals processed, prices soar from long-distance transport, and you can’t even know where your beef comes from. Before the law, New Hampshire farmers could sell locally without inspection; now they’re stuck eating or giving away their product. A…
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