photo:  Mike Dugan and Bill Hodge
 
The first multi-species meat processing facility in the United States now has a name, location and ground-breaking date confirmed. UGA Extension Agent with the Carroll County Ag Center, Bill Hodge says a core group is meeting on a weekly basis, most recently talking with a widely recognized animal behavioral scientist on humane animal handling in the animal meat industry. Hodge says the facility named Chatta-Creek Meats, Inc.will be built in the industrial park in Bowdon.