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Business Beat
10:34 am
Thu August 9, 2012

Huge food distributor phasing out gestation crates in pork production

Credit Sarah McCammon / Harvest Public Media
Elite Pork Partnership keeps sows and piglets inside in facilities like this one Carroll, Iowa

This week: North America’s largest food distributor is phasing out its use of gestation crates in pork production. Plus, a story about the drought’s impact on ranchers in the Midwest.

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