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Friday, May 24, 2013  New meat labels go into effect, telling consumers where animals were born, raised, slaughtered

Friday, May 17, 2013  VIDEO ADDED: People try to save animals from shelters everyday. Today was no different except a hockey player and airplane were involved.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Is there enough green in you diet? We're not talking about the color, we're talking about sustainability.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  New Mexico slaughterhouse becomes ground zero in emotional debate over horse slaughter

Friday, March 29, 2013  Lawmakers in Illinois are in the hot seat Friday morning.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Some feedlots, meatpackers closing after US ranchers sold off cattle amid widespread drought

Monday, February 25, 2013  Updated with video: Undeclared horse meat found in Swedish meat balls for Ikea stores in Czech Republic

Friday, February 15, 2013  KHQA's Melissa Shriver takes you behind the scenes to glean the secrets to great meats.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  A Tri-State company is helping to fuel a national diet trend.

Saturday, January 19, 2013  More than a thousand people brought their appetites to the area's biggest charity breakfast Saturday morning.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  The 56th annual Pork-A-Rama event will be at Unity High School in Mendon on Saturday, January 19.

Friday, December 28, 2012  New Year's Eve is a time to reflect on the past year and bring in the new one with loved ones. With all that going on who wants to be stuck in the kitchen?

Thursday, November 22, 2012  For the fourth year, the Butcher Block is offering $10 bundles of meat that will be donated to the Madonna House.

Monday, November 19, 2012  Cargill was cited with three safety violations for failing to protect workers from unexpected start-up of machines at its Beardstown pork processing facility.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  More than 90 thousand pounds of undercooked sausage recalled.