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HomeMy WebLinkAboutnatural lean porkNatural Lean Pork 1984 January1 New York Meat packers and related businessmen launch a $10 million business called Natural Lean Pork Company Inc. Taken over the former ISA Babcock, Podunk Road, complex of 13 large poultry houses near Trumansburg New York. The 145 acre farm originally designed for poultry is owned by DeAngelis Farms, Inc. whose president is Louse DeAngelis. Louis leases the farm to Natural Lean Pork.2 The farm, formerly owned by ISA/Babcock Breeders Inc. of Krums Corners on the Enfield Ulysses line was purchased on august 26, 1983. J William Kenney and Asa L. Culver who own Agric Culver Inc. of Mecklenburg, purchased the property from Babcock in August. The Farm was under land contract to DeAngelis. John and Darryl Kenney, sons of J. William Kenney were hired by Natural Lean Pork to be operation supervisors when the farm opened for business. Agric Culver provided feed to Natural Lean Pork. 145 acres of land each building is slated to house 2,500 hogs. Anthony DeAngelis, employed by one of the packing companies in New Jersey, assigned to setting up hog farm for the consortium. Three other managers: Darryl Grifith, Todd Blanchard and Jack Kenney. The venue is a matter of economics, competitive in a New York marketplace that consumes 40,000 hogs per day. Expensive trucking hogs from the Midwest to New York City. Idea is to produce pork closer to the consuming markets, not from Iowa and Illinois. Plans on a new slaughterhouse to handle the 780,000 hogs to be slaughtered each year. 250 people will be employed at the slaughter plant. Excepts problems from “sierra Clubbers” regarding waste management. Biologically treating the waste-slurry is planned. DeLaval (Agricultural Division of Alfa-Laval, Inc. separator building for the slurry. The system is virtually odor-free the solids are shipped to greenhouses and clarified liquid with good fertilizer properties are provided free of charge to area farms. Contract growers and grains farmers are asked to contact Natural Lean Pork in Trumansburg, NY. 1984, April 73 Reported that Anthony “Tino” DeAngelis is being watched by government and agriculture officials. He was convicted of business fraud twice and has served two prison terms. In 1965 he pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy in a $150 million salad oil swindle. In 1980 he was convicted on racketeering, amid fraud and conspiracy involving a pork processing business. He processed and sold thousands of pigs without paying farmers for them. Reports about 30 people are working on the farm, which has 10,000 pigs. DeAngelis stated he understood that he could still manage slaughterhouse as long as he discloses his convictions on the USDA Inspection application. Area officials are worried about the environmental damage from large amounts of manure on the farm and possible traffic tie-ups when hogs are shipped. 1 Huge Hog Complex. American Agriculturist. January 1984. 2 The who’s who of Natural Lean Pork. The Ithaca Journal. Saturday, April 7, 1984. 3 Government keeps tab on Enfield Farm. Ithaca Journal. Saturday, April 7, 1984. 1984, April 144 Anthony reportedly said that he will resign at the April 20 board of directors meeting of Natural Lean Pork. This was because of adverse publicity about his criminal past. 1984, April 165 Letters to Editor of Ithaca Journal protest the treatment of DeAngelis and pig farm stating it was unfair coverage of the business. 1984, April 306 Anthony DeAngelis was backed by the board of directors of Natural Lean Pork to continue as general manager for the business. 1984, June 207 Natural Lean Pork phases out its hog growing operation because of complaints from neighbors about odors from the farm. By June there were only 3,600 hogs on the farm. All hogs will be gone in five weeks. According to Health Department 10,000 adult hogs were shipped out last winter and thousands of them died of pneumonia. The company is re- evaluating what to do with the farm. There is a plan to start a breeder operation with 5,000 sows. The manure from the farm goes into two lagoons on the farm. Pumping for an aeration system has been installed but not hooked up yet. Electricity has been brought to the site. Seepage from the hog farm was reported to be running on property owned by Jean Sloan. The water was contaminated on the property. It was reported that the DEC could not be considered a industrial operation, and farms are not regulated by the DEC. They would however send a letter to the farm recommending aerators by hooked up immediately. They also stated the health department would need to review their wast handling plan if another business was started. The farm stated the odor was from the hog pens, not the lagoons. 4 DeAngelis says he’ll offer to resign. Ithaca Journal. Saturday April 14, 1984. 5 Letters to the Journal. Ithaca Journal April 12 and April 16, 1984. 6 DeAngelis is still in business. Ithaca Journal. Monday April 30, 1984. 7 Neighbors complain of strong odors from Enfield Pig farm. Ithaca Journal. Wednesday, June 20, 1984.