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John Allen has an addiction, and he readily admits it. He can’t live without cycads. He has planted dozens of varieties of ...
VERNON, Calif. (CNS) — Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn is promising to assist displaced workers at the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon after the plant closes next year, while animal ...
VERNON, Calif. (CNS) — Animal rights activists displayed 7,000 paper hearts Monday in front of the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon to honor the 7,000 pigs they estimate are killed at the facility ...
The snackmaker Archer is taking over the former Farmer John meatpacking plant in Vernon, saving the downtown Los Angeles plant targeted for demolition. The plant closed two years ago when the ...
SACRAMENTO — California wants to help end the everyday household debate over whether the food in the fridge is still good to eat. Food labels that say “sell by” or “best before” are ...
The Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon closed earlier this year after almost a century in the community. Blaming high operating costs in California, the brand’s parent company, Smithfield Foods, ...
Before it closed this year after nearly a century in Vernon, the Farmer John slaughterhouse had a staff the size of a village — more than 2,000 people that included a large number of immigrants ...
Months After Plant Shutdown, Former Farmer John Workers Struggle To Make Ends Meet Rina Chavarria, my guide this morning, pointed to a doorway in the mural.
Goodman Group has gulped down Farmer John’s former manufacturing plant that made L.A. Dodger dogs in Vernon for $209 million. Goodman North America, a unit of the Australia-based developer, has ...
An estimated 2,000 workers who are being displaced by the closure of a Farmer John meatpacking plant in Vernon are getting help thanks to a Los Angeles County-led partnership aimed at training ...
A driver passes Farmer John meatpacking plant in Vernon on Monday, February 15, 2021 while animal rights activists protest the daily slaughter of pigs at the plant.
The Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon is slated to close for good in a matter of days, leaving about 2,000 workers with uncertain futures — but animal rights activists on Wednesday, Feb. 1, are ...