Large slaughterhouses across the country are being closed due to coronavirus outbreaks and illness, straining the U.S. meat supply. A presidential executive order has even kept some plants open amid the outbreak. But surging demand for locally-grown meat in Vermont is butting up against a regional processing system that's already maxed out. We talk about local meat supply, demand and changing values.
Our guests are:
- Marcy Wisnowski, co-owner of the Addison County Commission Sales, Inc., a livestock auction and market
- Carl Cushing, owner of the Vermont Livestock Slaughter & Processing Co., LLC in Ferrisburgh
- Justin Sauerwein, owner of The Royal Butcher in Braintree and Almanack Farm in Chelsea
- Jennifer Kennett, co-owner of Tail Feather Farm in Middlebury, where she raises chickens, pigs and beef, and co-founder of the Vermont Food Collaborative, a year-round farmers market selling products from farmer-producers at their New Haven retail store
Broadcast live on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 1 p.m.; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
