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  • Published on 07:27 GMT

    Worker shortage hits meat processors

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- When Martha Kebede's adult sons immigrated from Ethiopia and reunited with her in South Dakota this year, they had few work opportunities. Lacking English skills, the brothers took jobs at Smithfield Foods' Sioux Falls pork …

    Source: NWA Online
  • Published on May 24, 2020

    Covid-19: How the meat industry became a global health liability

    From South Dakota to Brazil to Germany, meat processing workers around the world have been among the hardest hit by Covid-19. Will the pandemic force us to rethink our food system? It started in South Dakota. On March 25, even as some of the biggest US …

    Source: France 24
  • Published on May 26, 2020

    McCann Memorial Temple participates in Farmers to Families Program

    Posted: May 25, 2020 / 05:30 PM CDT / Updated: May 25, 2020 / 05:31 PM CDT HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – McCann Memorial Temple in Hattiesburg is participating to distribute boxes from the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program. The USDA is …

    Source: WJTV
  • Published on May 22, 2020

    Mississippi Gov. Reeves adds week to home order

    Photo: Rogelio V. Solis, AP Two video slot machines await players while one in the middle sits out of service at the WaterView Casino and Hotel in Vicksburg, Miss., Thursday, May 21, 2020. Following a two-month shutdown due to coronavirus, casinos …

    Source: Seatlle Post-Intelligencer
  • Published on May 25, 2020

    La Cabana Grill Has Opened

    La Cabana Grill has opened. The new Mexican restaurant has come to Carthage. Developed by Jerry Portillo and his brothers Willie and Victor, the restaurant is full service including takeout. “I started out in restaurants 15 years ago as a busboy, became a …

    Source: WCKK
  • Published on May 21, 2020

    RFD News & Views: LaHood responds to pork producers

    Rep. Darin LaHood, R-18th, is joining other Illinois lawmakers in seeking federal aid for farmers facing high costs associated with herd depopulation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Rep. Darin LaHood Facebook photo) This week’s farm and rural news roundup …

    Source: Legal Record
  • Published on May 20, 2020

    Fitness industry must ‘fight’ to regain trust as gyms reopen

    socastcmsRssStartABC AudiosocastcmsRssEnd Kanawa_Studio/iStockBy BENEDICT SMITH, ABC News (NEW YORK) — As 49 states and D.C. take the first steps in releasing their economies from coronavirus restrictions — with Connecticut set to follow suit on …

    Source: WMAY
  • Published on May 19, 2020

    Kentucky Requests DOJ Investigation of Meatpacking Industry

    Kentucky officials on Friday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the meatpacking industry after local cattle farmers complained the price they are paid for their animals is continuing to drop at the same time beef prices are skyrocketing. …

    Source: Insurancejournal
  • Published on May 16, 2020

    Quarles, Cameron author joint letter asking Department Of Justice to investigate alleged price fixing in cattle industry

    Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Ryan Quarles and Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron sent a joint letter Friday to U.S. Attorney General William Barr asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate possible anticompetitive practices in the …

    Source: Corbin News Journal
  • Published on May 13, 2020

    Local Meat Processor Swamped As Meat Shortage Hits Nation

    News May 13, 2020 8:11 pm by admin Views: 8 RISON – With the major meat processing plants in the midwest stymied by an outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus among workers, local processors have seen an avalanche of business in the past three weeks including …

    Source: Cleveland County Herald
  • Published on May 12, 2020

    Mississippi Governor Tightens Virus Rules in 7 Hard-Hit Counties

    Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that he is tightening regulations in parts of the state seeing the fastest spread of the new coronavirus. Photo by Stephen Wilson JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that he is …

    Source: Jackson Free Press
  • Published on May 12, 2020

    Mississippi gov tightens virus rules in 7 hard-hit counties

    Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Updated 6:09 pm EDT, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 Photo: Rogelio V. Solis, AP Mississippi Army National Guard Sgt. Newman Kazery, right, elbow bumps with Charles Jenkins, a supply tech and disabled Navy veteran, as he goes …

    Source: Michigansthumb
  • Published on May 10, 2020

    Meat shortage gives opening to plant-based alternatives

    A shortage of meat products in the U.S. due to coronavirus outbreaks at processing plants is prompting many Americans to give plant-based alternatives a try, allowing a previously marginalized industry to quickly expand.  Coronavirus outbreaks at …

    Source: The Hill
  • Published on May 10, 2020

    AUDIO: Consumers Can Now Connect Direct With Farmers On The Mississippi Farm Marketplace

    Home » Local » AUDIO: Consumers Can Now Connect Direct With Farmers On The Mississippi Farm Marketplace Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson took to the airwaves last week to strengthen the state’s food supply chain. He has started the …

    Source: WLIN
  • Published on May 8, 2020

    Sonny Perdue’s predictions about meat production recoveries could be coming true

    Meat production this week is up about 3 percent compared with the previous week, according to market reports by SiriusXM’s Rural Radio. That’s still off by as much as a third from a year ago. The numbers are causing some retailers to ration fresh meat …

    Source: Food Safety News
  • Published on May 9, 2020

    Workers in Iowa meat industry fear returning to processing plants

    ReQuia Campbell is a hairstylist and mother of five with family members who got sick with COVID-19 while working at a massive pork slaughterhouse in Waterloo, Iowa. After her father came home sick from work at the Tyson Fresh Meats plant in early April, …

    Source: Al Jazeera
  • Published on May 9, 2020

    AUDIO: Ag Commissioner Gipson On The Main Event With Big News About Mississippi’s Food Supply!

    Mississippi’s Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson was on the Main Event this morning with big news after a big speech yesterday in Jackson. He announced steps to strengthen the state’s food supply chain. Big news about the new Mississippi …

    Source: WLIN
  • Published on May 4, 2020

    Mississippi’s Ryan Bradley joins Gulf Seafood Foundation board

    Ryan Bradley, a fifth-generation fisherman who serves as executive director of Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United (MSCFU) and owner of Sea Alis Seafood Company, has joined the Board of Directors of the Gulf Seafood Foundation. Bradley replaces …

    Source: Mississippi Business Journal
  • Published on May 6, 2020

    More than 700 workers, or 58% of employees, at Tyson meat plant in Iowa test positive for COVID-19

    A Tyson Foods meat packing plant in Iowa has had more than half of its workforce test positive for coronavirus, as the pandemic continues to impact meat packing plants across the country. On Tuesday, the Iowa Department of Public Health approved the …

    Source: Charleston Daily Mail
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