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Participants in the Hazon Food Conference partake in the ritual slaughter of a turkey at a farm in Brooks, Calif., Dec. 24, 2008.

What kind of meat do Jewish food activists eat?

Participants in the Hazon Food Conference partake in the ritual slaughter of a turkey at a farm in Brooks, Calif., Dec. 24, 2008. (Renna Khuner-Haber/Hazon) Read more »

What kind of meat do Jewish food activists eat?

Organizers of this year's Hazon Jewish food conference decided to slaughter and produce the meat served to participants -- which meant finding a local turkey farm and convincing the farmer to allow a bunch of Jews in to slaughter, pluck, eviscerate, soak, salt and package enough turkeys for about 500 people. Read more »

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