About 98% of the meat, milk and eggs sold in America comes from animals raised on factory farms, also known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). Factory farming has been developed over the course of the last half-century to maximize production and profit by crowding the greatest number of animals together into the smallest possible space. Animals on factory farms are treated not as living creatures, but as economic units in a mechanized production system.

The definition of a factory farm varies from state to state, but these industrial facilities share many characteristics, including: Hundreds to thousands of animals (mainly cows, pigs, chickens or turkeys) confined tightly together and provided little or no access to sunlight, fresh air or room for natural movement. Some facilities produce millions of animals each year.

Though MCC is here to help out everyone, please do not abuse the help of others. If someone is out farming ingredients and wants to farm some for other members, that arrangement must be made with the individual. They are under no obligatino to farm for you, and can certainly request reasonable compensation for their services.

We have strategic alliances with factories having very good production capacity with some of the latest machines (Italian etc) for cutting. We have struck a deal with these companies to get our blocks processed at a highly reasonable cost. These companies are assured of continuous orders from our side which makes it a win- win situation for not only us but also for our customers (in the form of advantage in cost which is passed on to them.

Yes‚ we do have snakes around the Farm‚ but it is highly unlikely that you will ever see any. There are NO poisonous snakes in the area around the farm.

The town of Reading‚ VT is VERY small. There are no stores or malls in the area. But we do have souvenirs for sale‚ such as T–shirts and maple syrup in our Farm store.

Yes‚ we do have some horses. They are large working horses so we do not ride them. In fact‚ they are growing old so we keep them mostly as pets now.

you know, anyone with a questionable diagnosis of mumps should be encouraged to seek health care for diagnostic lab work. Those with mumps need to isolate themselves at home for five days or the duration of illness, whichever is longer. Continue to educate the public.

Yes, as long as you aren't too creepy. You can email EveAnna to arrange a factory tour if you are in the area. We even allow other manufacturers to come visit. There is also a factory tour available on-line if you are not in the area or if we deem you too creepy...

Because we don't own the factories that produce our clothing, workers' wages are determined by law and the factory that employs them. As one of many customers of a factory, we negotiate prices for finished products. However, our Code of Vendor Conduct requires that factories pay workers the local legal minimum, or prevailing industry wage, whichever is higher.

No. Your dealer has the MSRP for each model. They will also be able to quote freight, prep, and local taxes (if applicable).

Contact your local distributor's service manager to get information on becoming an authorized service agent. He or she will help you register for a factory training class once they authorize your participation..

You are welcome to drop in any time during business hours - 8am-5pm on weekdays and usually until noon on Saturday. Just be sure to follow these directions. It's easy to get lost in New Britain!