Local farmers, slaughterhouses see increase in business due to meat shortages

Photo caption: Seven Hills Food recently introduced a ‘Beef Box program’ with “curated assortments of our best-selling dry-aged Virginia beef cuts” (Seven Hills Food). Article by Elizabeth Tyree & Alessandra Young.

RUSTBURG, Va. (WSET) — As the COVID-19 pandemic creates a national meat shortage, businesses are being affected.

More than a dozen major U.S. meat processing plants have shut their doors because of coronavirus outbreaks. The closures have sent a shockwave through farmers, truckers and distributors and it is expected to hit grocery stores and consumers next.

But for local slaughterhouses, they said demand is at an all time high, and they are just trying to keep up. […]

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