The Marianas Meat Harvesting Co. has set up shop beside the Garapan Public Market. <\/p>\n
Isidoro Cabrera, secretary of the CNMI Farmer\u2019s Cooperative Association that runs the market, called it a \u201ca plus\u201d as customers will also have the option to buy meat when they visit the market.<\/p>\n
Company president Hong Kyun Kim said their company, which owns a slaughterhouse in Lower Base, will provide local and fresh beef, pork and soon, fish. He presented one butcher slicing a fresh slab of USDA-stamped beef.<\/p>\n
The store, adjacent to the market, will be also selling items like noni tea, coconut oil, noni soup, and coconut soup.<\/p>\n
Hong emphasized that his products are \u201call local\u201d and \u201call made in Saipan.\u201d<\/p>\n
The shop will be open Monday to Sunday from 2pm to 8pm.<\/p>\n
Kim said he would like to be more involved with local agriculture. He said in January, he would like to invite farmers to see his slaughterhouse.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really want to purchase from farmers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The meat company is renting its space from the market. Hong said they have paid for two years of rental out of a six-year agreement. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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