Category Archives: Butchertown

Swift v. Butchertown, Part 46

October 1, 2009 – 4:01 pm

Or so it would seem with this latest news from the ongoing struggle between Butchertown and their pig-slaughtering, illegally-expanding neighbor, JBS USA, aka Swift, aka The Stinkiest Goddamn Place in all of Louisville.
Via the C-J:
The Butchertown Neighborhood Association wants to postpone a hearing set for Monday on revoking a permit that allows JBS USA, formerly [...]

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A ride with the Nasal Ranger

April 2, 2009 – 11:09 am

In a story I wrote for the print edition this week, about a resurgent Butchertown Neighborhood Association and the inestimable Swift meatpacking odor, I mentioned the Nasal Ranger field olfactometer, a rather odd kind of technology that measures the density of a particular stench and offers a reading. One needs to be able to quantify [...]

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