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Mediterranean Diet Could Save The Planet, Ecologist Says

A University of Minnesota ecologist has found that Mediterranean, pescatarian or vegetarian diets could boost human lifespan and quality of life while also slashing greenhouse gas emissions and saving habitat for endangered species.

Agri Star Security Staff Allegedly Refused To Let Fire Department Fight Fire Because Of Shabbat

Agri Star kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa had a major fire Friday night, and its security staff refused to let the fire department in the plant to fight the fire until they got approval from the plant's maintenance supervisor.

Agri Star Fire Burned For Hours Before Fire Department Called, Could Have Been Much Worse, First Responders Say

Friday night’s fire at Agri Star kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa burned for almost five hours before the Postville Fire Department was notified.

Fire Guts Part Of Agri Star Kosher Slaughterhouse

Just before 3 a.m. Saturday, Postville, Iowa firefighters rushed to Agri Star kosher slaughterhouse and found thick black smoke billowing out of the lower level of the plant, forcing them to call in neighboring fire departments for help.

Racial Rumble At Glatt Kosher Slaughterhouse Leaves One Person Stabbed, Another Arrested

Approximately 15 people were involved in a fight at Agri Star in Postville, Iowa. One person was reportedly stabbed and had to be airlifted to a Wisconsin medical facility. The fight appears to have been between Hispanic and Somali workers.

Video: Chabad's Postville Yeshiva Named For Convicted Felon Sholom Rubashkin

Not only that, as you can see on this video, the yeshiva is openly messianist (the yellow flags in the yeshiva's Lag Ba'omer parade and the "yechi" yarmulkes worn openly by some students), and the parents of these messianist kids are often the schochtim and mashgichim working at Agri Star. And, as you can see at right, the yeshiva says, Postville is "Sholom Mordechai's [Rubashkin's] Town."

Agri Star Donates More Than $50,000 Worth Of Meat Products To Oklahoma Tornado Relief

Agri Star, the successor company to Agriprocessors, has donated 20,000 pounds of meat products to Oklahoma tornado relief in partnership with the haredi chain of soup kitchens Masbia. The meat and poultry products, which Agri Star says have a wholesale value of more than $50,000, were shipped from Postville, Iowa late yesterday afternoon, Agri Star’s Jo-Ann Chadbourne told me yesterday.

Fight Over Agriprocessors Unpaid Taxes Shows Successor To Be Deceptive

Haredi businessman Hershy Friedman bought Agriprocessors' assets “free and clear” of liability in 2009. The county sued in 2010, claiming that Friedman's company owed approximately $500,000 in taxes for the 2007-2008 tax year that were not paid by Agriprocessors. Friedman's company pointed to the “free and clear” ruling and said it owed nothing. But in January 2012, the same judge who allowed Friedman's company to buy Agriprocessors "free and clear" of all liabilities found that Friedman's company knew about the unpaid tax bill then but hid its existence from the court. Therefore, the judge ruled, Friedman's company was “not a good faith purchaser” and the county still was owed the money.

Years After Immigration Raid, Postville Feels Poorer And Less Stable

When the plant was raided one spring morning in May 2008, most of the workers on shift were Guatemalan and Mexican, and undocumented. Many workers later said they had been physically or sexually abused at the plant, and at least 57 minors were illegally employed there, some as young as 13.

Agri Star Employee Sentenced For Aggravated Identy Theft

On Thursday, Judge Linda Reade sentenced Hernandez to two years and three months in prison following a guilty plea to charges of making a false claim of citizenship on an employment form, possessing false identity documents and aggravated identity theft.

Hershy Friedman Buys Azorim Real Estate

The man who bought Agriprocessors now buys an Israeli real estate company from Chabad developer Shaya Boymelgreen.

Is Agri Star For Sale?

And, if it is, can the Rubashkin family or their representatives buy it?

Hershey Friedman In Negotiations To Buy Israeli Land Where Theodore Herzl Planted Tree On Only Visit To The Holy Land

Agri Star owner to use land for approved housing project.

Audio: A New Beginning For A Glatt Kosher Meatpacker

In 2008, federal agents walked into a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa and walked out with almost 400 people. At the time it was the biggest immigration raid in U.S. history. For the tiny town of Postville and its main employer, it was devastating. Now, the plant is trying to get back on its feet.

Agri Star Sues Over Chicken House Deal Gone Bad

Claiming it was, in effect, defrauded by Moriah Capital, LC, Agri Star asked for a jury trial and is alleging two types of breach of contract along with fraudulent inducement, fraudulent misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, and promissory estoppel.

Agri Star Hit With Sexual Harassment Suit

A former employee at Agri Star in Postville alleges in a lawsuit that the plant failed to protect her from a supervisor's sexual harassment.

No Bids On Former Agriprocessors Plant

Allamakee County received no bidders for the Agri-Star Meat & Poultry plant in Postville at a sheriff’s sale Monday, June 21. The lack of bidders was at a minor setback in the county’s efforts to collect a $577,872 tax bill.

Agri Star Asks Court To Declare It Doesn't Owe Taxes

The owner of the Agri Star kosher meat processing plant in Postville is asking a judge to declare that it doesn’t owe Allamakee County a tax debt of $577,872.73 . SHF Holdings LLC filed the motion Thursday in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Iowa. The county has scheduled a tax sale on the plant property for Monday.

Why Is Kosher Meat Producer Agri Star Facing A Tax Sale Of Its Property?

The issue of who pays the delinquent property taxes left by Agriprocessors apparently wasn’t addressed in the company’s bankruptcy, leaving Allamakee County and the new owner to argue over a $577,872.73 bill.

Allamakee County Threatens Tax Sale Of Agri Star Plant

Allamakee County is taking its beef with the new owner of the former Agriprocessors plant over $577,872.73 in unpaid taxes to the court of public opinion.

2 Years After Agriprocessors Raid, Postville Flush With New Optimism

Retail sales just hit a record high, all available rental property is rented, and things are looking up, mayor says. 

Convicted Agriprocessors Managers Out Of Jail And Back At Work–At Agri-Star

Along with those convicted managers, two members of the Rubashkin family who were never charged continue to work at the plant but are no longer supervisors, including Heshy Rubashkin.

Agri Star Beef Production Resumes, Pay To Be $12 To $16

“I am not from Iowa, and I did not grow up on a farm, but I know the importance of hard work and treating people with respect and integrity.”

Projected Return Of Agri Star Beef Line Adds Optimism To Iowa Beef Industry

The company expects to process 75 to 100 head per day initially and up to 250 by the end of the year.

Chabad Kosher Supervision To Remain On Certain Agri Star Products

“Those who eat Aaron’s Best or Supreme Kosher have to reexamine their standards if they will continue to eat OU glatt without a chareidi hechsher.”

Agri Star Threatens Rabbi Weissmandl

Attorneys for Agri Star demand Rabbi Weissmandl cease and desist from interfering with Agri Star employees and production.

Exclusive: Rabbi Weissmandl Removes Hechsher From Agri-Star

The former Agriprocessors loses its main kosher supervision.

Agri Star To Add 150 Jobs

Former Agriprocessors plant expands production but beef line not yet open.

Layoffs At Agri Star

A Christmas present to Postville from Hershey Friedman.

Conditions Better At Agri Star, Workers Say

Pay better than under Agriprocessors, supervisors less demanding, nicer.

Jews Face "Uncertain Future" In Postville, Bemoan Lost Rubashkin Largesse

"The generosity of the Rubashkins had created a company town atmosphere within the Orthodox Jewish community."

Iowa Gives Agri Star $600,000 In Aid

Postville slaughterhouse also gets state tax credits.

Agri Star Retained Former Agriprocessors CFO – Even After He Pleaded Guilty To Financial Fraud

Hershey Friedman and company did not fire Mitch Meltzer until newspaper called last week asking questions.

Rubashkin's Lawyer A No-Show; Stand-In Rants At PETA, Leftists, "Tree-Huggers;" Gov't Antisemitic

Rabbi Samuel Hirsch tells Zev Brenner it's everyone else's fault, Rubashkin a "tzaddik." Hirsch is father of Agri Star's current co-owner and CEO, Daniel Hirsch.

Agri Star Close To Getting State Tax Benefits

To be eligible for enterprise zone benefits, a company must…provide all full-time employees with standard medical and dental insurance, and pay employees an average wage that is equal to or greater than 90 percent of the average county or regional wage.

Mystery Meat: Rubashkin's Meat Shows Up For Sale, Long After Company Sold

Why is 'Agriprocessors' meat still being sold?

Hershey Friedman, New Owner Of Agriprocessors Attacks Postville Critics

"The people who have been complaining about us started doing so even before we actually took over the plant. They seem to be far more driven by their combined agenda than by any genuine desire to restore the plant or to make Postville a better place to live."

Agri Star Donates To Postville Fire Relief Fund

Company pays for rental of 5 houses or apartments for 3 months to house homeless.

Agriprocessors' New Owner Live On Video

What did Hershey Friedman tell local Iowa television news?