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The Biden administration announced Monday it would use $1 billion from the American Rescue Plan to help small and independent meat processors.
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Idaho Matters talks with Mountain West News Bureau reporter Madelyn Beck to learn how meat processing plants are doing after the pandemic caused disruption to their business model early on.
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The pandemic slowed food supply lines across the country as workers at major meat processing plants got sick. That meant more ranchers were turning to local butchers for processing, and consumers were turning to them for meat. But more business at local meat shops means less room to process wild game for hunters.
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Meatpacking plants across the Mountain West and the country are under intense scrutiny as they continue to face COVID-19 outbreaks.More than 37,000…