Boon for local beef: Oregon eyes the inspection business

Lack of USDA facilities hampering many ranchers

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
September 19, 2008

WASHINGTON — Sexton Ranches, near Haines, has bought into the local food movement, big time. The family-operated business sells its beef and sheep exclusively at farmers markets and to restaurants in Eastern Oregon and across the Idaho state line. Its cows are grass-fed, which....

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