Who knew there’d be such a great Virtual Farmgirl news find in the Chicago Reader…But sure enough, this week’s A1 story is about a downstate Illinois farmer who is building an organic slaughterhouse for the organic cattle he’s raising.
Stan Schutte’s been farming organic, acre by acre for nearly 30 years at Triple S Farms in Stewardson, Ill. After struggling for years to farm and work factory jobs, he switched gears and increased his farm profits by going organic. Now he’s got a diversified organic operation – with fruits, veggies, poultry, hogs and popcorn to boot.
Schutte’s trying to break into the Chicago market, so I’ll be on the lookout for his organic beef.
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