Palmer’s Meat and Sausage fights to stay open

The state’s Board of Agriculture and Conservation (BAC) today Thursday heard public comments on a new proposal that could keep Palmer’s Mt. McKinley Meat and Sausage open.
Todd Pettit raises bison at Little Pitchfork Ranch in Palmer (Photo by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage)The state-subsidized meat packing plant faces closure at the end of June if the legislature does not approve funding for one more year, and local meat producers fear that if the plant shuts down, they will b