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The Independent Small Animal Meat Processors of WNC has been formed as an advocacy organization to provide training and education to those wishing to professionalize their businesses, and to advocate for the development of an inspected slaughter and processing facility in the region.

Last month the organization received a small grant from USDA to help organize the group. Thomas Beckett, a lawyer and friend of agriculture in Henderson County, assisted in filing articles of incorporation for the association as a nonprofit focused on training and education.

Many growers in the region have expressed a keen desire to have an inspected processing facility. Now is your chance to really do something that will help make that a reality. By joining ISAMPA-WNC you are letting the powers that be know you are serious about making independent small animal meat production a recognized and viable industry in the state.

In order to become a fully functioning organization, ISAMPA-WNC needs to have a meeting to elect board officers and set up the mechanics of running the organization. To this end, you are invited to attend the first formal meeting of the association on Tuesday, November 6, at 3pm at the McDowell County Extension office. Please call Smithson Mills at 828-273-9119 to let him know if you can make it.