Proposed Delaware poultry processing plants meets with local resistance
A proposal to turn a closed Vlasic Pickle factory into a poultry processing plant is being opposed to area residents who are wary of the potential environmental effects. The plan, from poultry processor Harim Allen, would acquire the closed Millsboro, Dela., facility and reopen it, bringing 700 jobs to the area, reports Delaware Online.
“It should be torn down and (the land should be) left as a resource as part of the bay,” said Cindy Wilton, a member of Protecting Our Indian River, a new local environmental group formed by residents who oppose the chicken facility. “Now they want to go in, bringing something more intensive than a pickle factory.”