Brzozowski Quoted in Press Herald Article on Gardiner Slaughterhouse
Richard Brzozowski, a small ruminant and poultry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald article, “In Gardiner, a new slaughterhouse boosts Maine’s agriculture infrastructure.” The recent completion of the dual red meat-poultry slaughterhouse represents a step in the city’s effort to be a center for local food and an increase in the state’s infrastructure for locally raised meat, according to the article. It’s the state’s only USDA-inspected poultry slaughterhouse and the first in decades, according to Brzozowski. He said it makes sense to open the slaughterhouse because Maine residents value local products, and chicken is the most popular meat. “The demand for local food is so strong, and I don’t see an end to it,” Brzozowski said.