STOP KILLING TURKEYS, BOARD ORDERS BUTCHER . . . SOLAR ADVOCATES FIGHT UTILITIES OVER GRID ACCESS . . .  BEEFING UP BIOSECURITY . . . LOCAL COMPANY EXPLORES ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF SHELL WASTE  . . . OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST...

STOP KILLING TURKEYS, BOARD ORDERS BUTCHER
Source: The Chronicle Herald For sale by owner: Poultry processing equipment. Retained by owner: The expertise to use it. Joel MacAskill, who lives in rural eastern Hants County, has that expertise, but a call from the turkey board asking him to stop processing turkeys has convinced him to pack up his skills and equipment. “That was just the final nail in the coffin," MacAskill said of a telephone call from the Turkey Farmers of Nova Scotia. “(The board) said turkeys need to be processed at a licensed facility." He has been slaughtering turkeys for people nearby for more than five years. (read more)

SOLAR ADVOCATES FIGHT UTILITIES OVER GRID ACCESS
Source: NPR
The solar power business is growing quickly in the U.S. More than 500,000 homeowners and businesses installed solar panels in just the first half of this year, according to a Solar Energy Industries Association report. (read more)

BEEFING UP BIOSECURITY
Source: Ontario Beef Farmer
The Canadian beef industry has released a new on-farm biosecurity standard aimed at helping producers reduce the risk of disease in cattle operations. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) developed the document with funding from Growing Forward. Rob McNabb, CCA’s general manager of operations, says the beef industry was in need of a national biosecurity standard. (read more)

LOCAL COMPANY EXPLORES ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF SHELL WASTE
Source: Government of Nfld-Lab
Shell-Ex, a Twillingate-based company focused on creating value from discarded shrimp shells, will enhance its equipment with support from the Provincial Government. The Honourable Keith Hutchings, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, announced $81,600 today through the Fisheries Technology and New Opportunities Program to help the company purchase and install a screw press that will remove water and protein from shrimp shells. (read more)