date:Jul 10, 2012
at negatively affected the quality their meat.
The new plant will primarily handle beef cattle, pigs, sheep and goats.
Securing and building the plant took four years and several sources of money. Cabarrus County won a $675,000 grant, one of the largest ever, from the NC Department of Agricultures trust fund for farm land preservation. The county then matched that with money previously earmarked for tax incentives for Philip Morris. When Philip Morris announced it was closing, that made $400,0