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BC's Govt, New Rules for Chokin Your Chicken.

by Barry ORegan | July 8, 2007 at 08:58 am

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Opinion

Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor

You know, sometimes these stories just write themselves.

Island Farmers feel BC's Agriculture Ministry's restrictive Health Regs for killing their Animals for market is choking them financially, which may result in higher food prices or they may be forced out of business.

My Final Thought.

Everyone is talking our going back to a simpler way of life in our politically correct environmentally, organic, back to the land philosophy, perhaps we can do our part to circumvent new rules, save the planet from expensive polluting abottoirs. So jump into your Hybrid, hit Granville Market, grab your Fair Trade Decaf, low Fat Latte with one hand, buy your chicken live and choke your chicken with the other hand. Better bring a lot of Friends if your planning on buying Beef.

A funny thought coming from a woman who runs a poultry abattoir called The Cluck Stops Here, but she's deadly serious: At a time when Vancouver Island's agriculture industry is fighting to survive, she says new livestock-processing rules are pushing farms and slaughterhouses out of business.