BROOTEN, Minn. — Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, outbreaks at large meat processing facilities thrust small businesses like Jenniges Meat Processing into the spotlight. “I think our two lines rang for ...

Indiana farmer Jason Mauck bought Munsee Meats with the hope of expanding options for producers and consumers, including where and how meat is sold. (courtesy Munsee Meats) Recent attention to the ...

For farmers, ranchers, and families raising poultry, the journey doesn’t end at the farm gate. It continues through a vital partnership with local processors—often small, USDA-inspected facilities ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced legislation to support small meat processors. Officials with Senator Moran’s Office said on Thursday, Aug.

“Those small meat-processing situations in rural Minnesota are mainstays of small towns.” And some are doing just that, like Odenthal Meats near the small Le Sueur County community of Heidelberg, ...