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Coronavirus, COVID-19 and Meatpacking, National

She says her passion is teaching. Congress called her the meatpacking industry’s ‘go-to fixer.’

by Mary Norkol, Investigate Midwest September 28, 2022January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Mindy Brashears, the former head of the USDA’s agency overseeing meatpacking plants, has been largely quiet about her agency’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, in exclusive interviews, she addresses the criticism the USDA put food production over worker safety.

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The pandemic disrupted Americans’ access to food. Minorities suffered the most.

by Amanda Perez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America and Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest October 14, 2021June 5, 2024 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Coronavirus, Rural America

Rural Covid-19 Infections Rise for Eighth Straight Week

by Tim Murphy and Tim Marema, The Daily Yonder August 25, 2021January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Agribusiness, Coronavirus

As Trusted Voices, Farmers Could Be Key To Boosting Rural Vaccination Rates

by Christine Herman, Illinois Newsroom August 13, 2021August 31, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Coronavirus

Trump ag secretary Sonny Perdue personally lobbied to keep meatpacking plants open during pandemic, emails show

by Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest, Eli Hoff, Investigate Midwest and Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest July 2, 2021June 16, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Coronavirus

GRAPHIC: OSHA received relatively few COVID-19 complaints related to agriculture

by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest June 24, 2021April 3, 2025 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Government

Some incarcerated meatpacking workers spent ‘100 percent’ of their time in high-risk settings during pandemic

by Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest June 16, 2021June 9, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Three people in white jackets and blue hard hats stand in front of cattle carcasses at a meatpacking plant assembly line.

Agribusiness

In what’s likely a first, a meatpacking plant employee won a COVID-19 workers’ comp case

by Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest May 21, 2021June 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Coronavirus, Health

‘Unique historical fear’ of Carle Health billing practices may lead some to skip COVID-19 vaccine, health officials worry

by Kyra Senese, Documenting COVID-19 project, Brown Institute for Media Innovation May 12, 2021January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Agribusiness

COVID-19 outbreak at Smithfield Foods meatpacking plant in Missouri likely larger than originally known, OSHA documents say

by Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest May 10, 2021June 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

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Category: Coronavirus

She says her passion is teaching. Congress called her the meatpacking industry’s ‘go-to fixer.’

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The pandemic disrupted Americans’ access to food. Minorities suffered the most.

Rural Covid-19 Infections Rise for Eighth Straight Week

As Trusted Voices, Farmers Could Be Key To Boosting Rural Vaccination Rates

Trump ag secretary Sonny Perdue personally lobbied to keep meatpacking plants open during pandemic, emails show

GRAPHIC: OSHA received relatively few COVID-19 complaints related to agriculture

Some incarcerated meatpacking workers spent ‘100 percent’ of their time in high-risk settings during pandemic

In what’s likely a first, a meatpacking plant employee won a COVID-19 workers’ comp case

‘Unique historical fear’ of Carle Health billing practices may lead some to skip COVID-19 vaccine, health officials worry

COVID-19 outbreak at Smithfield Foods meatpacking plant in Missouri likely larger than originally known, OSHA documents say

While Western grocery inflation cools, food costs reach critical highs in some emerging economies

Energy prices drove most of May’s inflation increase

Low cattle numbers raise fears of another beef packing plant shutdown

The USDA fired its experts on seed industry concentration. Then, it proclaimed it was working on the issue.

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