The pandemic gave small meat processors a new window of business as big meatpackers had to shut down or scale back operations amid outbreaks
, said he has seen a 300 percent increase in sales and has added 10,000 new customers buying their online product — an increase that has maintained through the past three months.
Cost of expansion is a large barrier to entry for small farms. That doesn’t include the money needed to implement additional precautions needed against Covid-19, like personal protection equipment or accommodating a smaller workforce, Shaw, of Arkansas, explained. The sector worries that without federal support, consumers who have been trying to buy local might give up and go back to less-expensive, mass-slaughtered meat.
With second and third waves of the virus potentially in the future, Thistlethwaite says small processors will not be able to accommodate more capacity if larger plants continue to see outbreaks.
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