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Back at the buffalo pasture, the young bull's carcass had been divvied up, and the major hunks of meat were on their way in the back of a pickup to a nearby USDA-approved meat-packing plant, where cuts would be processed before being handed out to tribal members.
Stephanie Woodard: Buffalo Gardeners: Standing Rock Sioux Harvest Bison, Garden to Restore Health Stephanie Woodard 2011
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Back at the buffalo pasture, the young bull's carcass had been divvied up, and the major hunks of meat were on their way in the back of a pickup to a nearby USDA-approved meat-packing plant, where cuts would be processed before being handed out to tribal members.
Stephanie Woodard: Buffalo Gardeners: Standing Rock Sioux Harvest Bison, Garden to Restore Health Stephanie Woodard 2011
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The son of a truck driver who grew up near stockyards and a meat-packing plant, Pawlenty was 16 when his mother died of cancer and his father lost his job.
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Back at the buffalo pasture, the young bull's carcass had been divvied up, and the major hunks of meat were on their way in the back of a pickup to a nearby USDA-approved meat-packing plant, where cuts would be processed before being handed out to tribal members.
Stephanie Woodard: Buffalo Gardeners: Standing Rock Sioux Harvest Bison, Garden to Restore Health Stephanie Woodard 2011
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The son of a truck driver from a onetime meat-packing town, he had cast himself as a conservative with blue-collar roots and governing experience.
Withdrawal Follows a Failure to Ignite Siobhan Gorman 2011
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I have it all here in studies funded and conducted by cigarette and meat-packing companies respectively.
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Sigma — which just closed on an acquisition of Phoenix-based Bar-S Foods Co. that will bring it three more meat-packing plants in Oklahoma — has responded to its staffing struggles by relying on overtime to fill two production shifts and sending recruiters increasingly far from town in search of workers.
Hot-Dog Maker, Lured for Its Jobs, Now Can't Fill Them Joel Millman 2010
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Bloomberg News Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel During his 22 years in power, Mr. Emanuel's predecessor, Richard M. Daley, helped transform the city from a manufacturing and meat-packing hub into a global financial-services capital.
Chicago Mayor Trashes Politics of Waste Removal Douglas Belkin 2011
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"Seminole County is a low-income, high-unemployment community, so I'd be surprised to see Seminole residents reluctant to take a meat-packing position paying $10 per hour," said Economic Impact Group's Mr. Evans.
Hot-Dog Maker, Lured for Its Jobs, Now Can't Fill Them Joel Millman 2010
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Like JBS, the other companies should be able to shift their production to meat-packing plants in other states.
Russian Ban Surprises Brazil Beef Industry, Regulators Paul Kiernan 2011
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