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Consolidation has made the meat industry vulnerable to crises like COVID-19

Dec 6, 2022
In this excerpt from "Raw Deal," author Chloe Sorvino explains how America's meat supply chain became so fragile.
A worker processes meat at an independent butcher in May, 2020, following closures at several major plants due to COVID-19 outbreaks.
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