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Buy A Pig. Save A Farmer
There is a relatively simple solution to the excess of pigs on America's
farms: Organized, nation-wide pig roasts in truckloads of 200-plus pigs.
Instead of sending pigs to a packing plant, they are sent to a designated
site in each Congressional District. Sufficiently advertised, a pigroast
could be organized every four days.
A few thoughts:
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Individuals have been slaughtering and roasting pigs for thousands of years.
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Roasting reduces the need for trained butchers inasmuch as a roasted pig
falls apart off the bone.
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Basically, pig and transportation, the cost would be about $1/pound for a
250 pound porky.
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A group of 100-200 persons (church, teachers, student [high schoolers], social
club, etc.) would buy a shipment via PayPal payment. A city council member
could poll constituents to create a group of 200-250.
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A concrete block company would sell via
Products
for Lifehours the blocks for pits (with advertisement option). It is
important that the pits be standardized with long-lasting construction. Concrete
pits are simple and durable.
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The highschoolers would be hired (via lifehour credits) to construct the
pits. The related municipality would provide backholes for digging the pits.
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Each pit-user would be required to clean up the pit for the next user.
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Slaughterers can advertise on Craigslist under "Pig Slaughter," e.g., butchers
or hunters (with field dressing experience).
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Pit users are responsible for providing the charcoal or wood for the roasting.
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Irony: Iowa and other pork producers have farmers near towns and cities where
shipments of pigs could be roasted instead of euthanized.
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Fully implemented, this program could process 100,000 pigs each week.
The National Pork Producers Council
"the global voice for the U.S. pork industry"
Create a website/websegment that addresses the following issues with
videos and instructions.
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Building a pit.
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Slaughtering a pig (Persons with butcher experience, e.g., hunter who field
dress kills, can list themselves on Craigslist). Biology teachers who dissect
frogs would be good butchers.
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Safety precautions
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State council designates one person for each Congressional District to oversee
the process.
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Farm Bureau in District
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Issue a press release supporting "Buy a pig, save a farmer."
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Find permanent site(s) for 250 concrete pits at a high school or college
for 200+ 20ftx20ft pits. Best location would be abandoned high school football
fields which have adjacent parking and plumbing/toilet facilities.
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Contact a concrete block company
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Contact a trucking firm with refrigeration units for chilling the carcasses
(if needed)
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Contact the FDA to provide a representative to oversee health safety.
Representative to be paid time and a half via lifehours.
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Find a renderer/remainderer for entrails.
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If you are a farmer, in any regard, you should enjoin your Representative
to act.
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First group in each Congressional District will receive lifehour credits
for their expenditures, about $250 per pig-buying group or $50,000 to $60,000
paid to farmer via PayPal (200x$250).
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I support the "Buy a Pig, Save a Farmer" program
and hope it will be applied to other farm produce
that would otherwise be wasted.