Related topics farmingagribusinessHanover CountyZoningSmall Business Advertisement Hanover County farmers are facing difficulties in their attempt to establish a slaughter-house near Beaverdam. A group of Hanover farmers want to establish a USDA certified slaughterhouse on the property that they raise livestock. Their business plan is to establish an environmentally sustainable facility where livestock would be slaughtered and processed where livestock is raised. Hanover ordinances prohibit businesses from slaughtering and processing live stock in agricultural zones, restricting those processes to industrial zones. Chris Lumpkin, a friend of the farmers in question, is currently organizing a...
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