Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If passed, ballot measure 309 would close Superior Farms, north of Denver. Hyoung Chang/Denver Post via Getty Images Ballot ...

Hundreds of thousands of sheep roll through Denver each year destined for a 60-year-old plant nestled in a part of town teeming with livestock history. The fate of Superior Farms' 500,000-head ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Initiated Ordinance 309 on Denver’s ballot would ban slaughterhouses in the city. There is only one such facility operating in Denver currently — and it ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Lamb is as Colorado as 14,000-foot peaks and Palisade peaches. Raised in rugged terrain, Colorado lamb is known for its lean meat and rich flavor. Many ...

HAWARDEN, Iowa — Iowa Lamb Processing in Hawarden is a fully integrated company owned by the Rule family from Colorado and a small group of producers. These producers raise a lot of sheep in Western ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) I’m an associate professor of animal sciences at Colorado State University. My ...

Ballot measure 309 aims to ban slaughterhouses in the City and County of Denver. If passed, the measure would close just one facility, Superior Farms, in the Globeville neighborhood north of Denver. I ...

A south-facing view of Superior Farms, which operates a lamb processing plant in Globeville, a north Denver neighborhood. (Photo via Google Earth) Denver voters rejected a proposed ban on meatpacking ...