Since our local plant (family business) was bought and is being slowly shut down by Maple Leaf, our chickens are trucked to Quebec, processed and trucked back. $$$ But, I can buy Nfld chickens or local chicken legs for $1.99/#. Ed, I understand Larsen's will be shut down by Maple leaf too. We have a Farmer's market and small butcher shops but the prices are too high for me.

Local farms and some factory farms here sell to the guys that Maple Leaf bought out because they kept their first "plant" as a family business. None of their employees at that plant were unionized. The union at the large plant demanded wages that the owners just were not able to pay. They opened their books and said the union had a choice as the owners simply couldn't compete with bbig boys like maple leaf. The union chose to strike and towners sold out. Maple Leaf products still sell well here and it pisses me off.

Same thing happened with a huge bakery here. The family opened the books... the union went on strike...