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A week before Trump’s order protecting meat plants, industry sent draft language to feds

by Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Kyle Bagenstose and Rachel Axon USA TODAY September 14, 2020January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Agribusiness, Graphic of the Week, Labor

GRAPHIC: Industrialization has pushed out more and more chicken

by Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting September 9, 2020January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Agribusiness, Coronavirus

Arkansas poultry plants are struggling with COVID-19. Hispanic workers are facing the worst of it.

by Heather Schlitz, The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting August 31, 2020April 4, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Coronavirus, Uncategorized

Analysis: N.C.’s rural Covid-19 rate stems from meatpacking plants

by Sandy Smith-Nonini, The Daily Yonder August 6, 2020August 7, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

They warned OSHA they were in “imminent danger” at the meat plant. Now they’re suing the agency.

by Bernice Yeung and Michael Grabell, ProPublica July 24, 2020August 6, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Covid-19 pandemic drives food prices up

by Pramod Acharya, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting July 24, 2020January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Coronavirus, COVID-19 and Meatpacking

‘All smoke and mirrors’: How Trump’s meatpacking order has failed to keep workers safe

by Rachel Axon USA TODAY, Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting June 18, 2020June 16, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Food supply issues

by Cynthia Voelkl/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

#AgAlerts: Covid-19 affects meat supply, worker wages and drinking water; robot and weeds

by Cynthia Voelkl/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Agribusiness, Coronavirus, Government, Health

Lawsuit: Smithfield plant forced workers to crowd together as COVID-19 spread in its other plants

by Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest