Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy: Meat Plant Closings Show Fragility of 'Get Big' System, Say Midwest Family Farm Groups
April 17, 2020
April 17, 2020
WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy issued the following news release:
The announced closing of Smithfield's Sioux Falls, South Dakota meatpacking plant due to a COVID-19 outbreak affecting over 600 workers is a vivid example of the vulnerability of a highly concentrated meat production system that exploits farmers, workers and rural communities, said family farm groups based in four Midwest states.
The groups based in South Dakota, Mi . . .
The announced closing of Smithfield's Sioux Falls, South Dakota meatpacking plant due to a COVID-19 outbreak affecting over 600 workers is a vivid example of the vulnerability of a highly concentrated meat production system that exploits farmers, workers and rural communities, said family farm groups based in four Midwest states.
The groups based in South Dakota, Mi . . .