Arbor Move Real Estate | Middy Matthews·Nov 25, 2023Revolutionizing Meat Processing: Swift Run Station Empowers Independent Farmers and Boosts the…Introduction
Steward·Sep 14, 2022Meat Matters: A Vision for Regional-Scale Meat Processing (and Look Behind the Curtain)From the first pasture rotation to the last bite of a burger, the way we raise, process, transport, and market meat has a tremendous…
Dan Miller·Jul 19, 2022Old Salt, New ModelMontana meat company builds local processing power to increase margin while dropping labels that pit neighbors against each other.
Dan Miller·Jul 12, 2022Revel Meat Co. Proves Human-Scale Processing Can Produce Good Jobs, Good Food, and Even Good Times.In 1963, there was a dance party on the floor of a new slaughterhouse in Canby, Oregon. This is the story of the rise of Revel Meat Co.
Dan Miller·May 16, 2022Exploitation for Profit Has Always Been the Engine of the U.S. Meat Processing Industry.In 1905, author Upton Sinclair published The Jungle, describing the working conditions of Chicago stockyards and slaughterhouses…A response icon1A response icon1
Investigate Midwest·Feb 23, 2022It takes tons of water to put meat on Americans’ plates.Climate change is making water more scarce in some areas, but water-intensive meat production isn’t slowing down.
InEnvironmental Issue Profiles 2021byZoey Claxton·Mar 8, 2021The Beef Industry in TexasAn All-Encompassing Issue
Investigate Midwest·Feb 9, 2021Ten months into pandemic, Rochelle Foods and Illinois health department still at odds over COVID-19Ten months after the start of the pandemic, it was a familiar refrain for the Rochelle Foods plant in northern Illinois: An infected…
Investigate Midwest·Sep 16, 2020GRAPHIC: Design of South Dakota meatpacking plant contributed to high number of COVID-19 cases…By Pramod Acharya, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
Investigate Midwest·Sep 15, 2020A week before Trump’s order protecting meat plants, industry sent draft language to fedsBy Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Kyle Bagenstose and Rachel Axon USA TODAY
