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MICHAEL HILL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
11-03-2006

Foie gras foes focus efforts on Hudson Valley farm -- It's nation's top producer
By MICHAEL HILL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 11-03-2006, Friday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions

FERNDALE, N.Y. — Three times a day, workers at the Hudson Valley Foie Gras farm wade into duck pens, grab birds one at a time and slide a 15-inch metal tube inside the animals' long necks. The force-feeding fattens the ducks' livers, which are sold as foie gras.

This sprawling farm northwest of New York City is the nation's No. 1 producer of the velvety delicacy — and a target for force-feeding opponents trying to build on recent ...

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