Tony's Meats has new owners: Farmers buy into Nova Scotia abattoir

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The only federally-inspected multi-species abattoir in Nova Scotia is under new ownership but not new management, says Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture president, Merigomish dairy farmer, and abattoir secretary Frazer Hunter. "There's a group of15 farmers made up from Judique to Yarmouth," said Hunter of the shareholders who bought Antigonish Abattoir Ltd. - known for its Tony' s Meats brand name - in early August from Tony and Jenny Overmars. "Management decided to stay, which was a critical aspect of it, because the shareholders aren't on-hand abattoir operators. They're farmers."