A citizen group scores a victory in NE Georgia
Pilgrim Pride’s decision to abandon Franklin County, Georgia as a location for a rendering plant is being viewed in that county as a victory for people in the community who want a hand to decide what happens there. Pilgrim’s backed out of considering Franklin County for a rendering and pet food ingredient plant at I-85 and highway 320. The citizens’ efforts, led by Elizabeth Busby, was called “Stop the Rendering.” A rendering plant is a processing operation that recycles dead animals into products from human food to bio-diesel. Primary contributors to the facilities are the remains and waste from slaughterhouses.