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Organic Meat Hard to Find

Organic steak is hard to find, partly because so few slaughterhouses are certified organic. (Photo by David Benbennick, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Organic farmers would love to have you dig into more of their pork, chicken and beef. It's not just because they're proud about how they raise their animals - it's because certified organic meat fetches high prices. But organic meat is harder to find than you'd expect, and it's partly because there are few organically-certified slaughterhouses. Shawn Allee found a farming community that came up with a solution:

Website of the USDA Organic Program

Producer: Shawn Allee
Release Date: April 6, 2009
Running Time: 3:36