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Happy Dancing Turtle in Pine River Works With County, Central Lakes College and Local Meat Producers to Create Jobs and Mobile Slaughtering Units

KAXE | By Heidi Holtan,
John Bauer
Published December 12, 2021 at 7:07 PM CST
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Happy Dancing Turtle is based in Pine River.

Happy Dancing Turtlein Pine River is working with local and regional partners in an effort to bring a mobile slaughter unit and other meat processing infrastructure to the area.

Central Lakes College is developing a meat cutting programand apprenticeship program to fill the workforce need. The mobile slaughter unit will serve a working classroom, while
also serving producer needs.

Jim Chamberlain (Conservation Technician) and Chris Glassman - (Campus Chef) joined us to tell us more.
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Local FarmsCentral Lakes Collegehappy dancing turtleJobsEconomic Development
Heidi Holtan
Heidi Holtan is KAXE's Director of Content and Public Affairs where she manages producers and is the local host of Morning Edition from NPR. Heidi is a regional correspondent for WDSE/WRPT's Duluth Public Television’s Almanac North.
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John Bauer
John has been listening to KAXE since the early days in 1976, and has worked as our Development Director from 1995-2022. Now semi-retired and writing, sculpting and enjoying the good life, you can hear him on the Morning Show Fridays.
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