Agency On-Farm Slaughter Report, RV Response
In 2008, Rural Vermont helped to pass a bill that would allow consumers to buy living livestock, which a farmer would then raise and slaughter on the farm, the meat of which could then be distributed to the consumer-owners. The bill had a delayed effectiveness date of April 15, 2009, so that the VT Agency of Agriculture could contact the USDA and confirm that this would not undercut federal law.You can read the VT Agency of Agriculture's report about their interaction with the USDA HERE (.pdf).
Rural Vermont believes that the Agency failed to ask the right question in order to gain clarity about the law. Read a memo about this from Rural Vermont HERE (.doc).