May 12 Agriculture “Will It Be Enough?”: Meatpacking Workers Fear For Safety As Coronavirus Cases Mount It’s the uncertainty that gets to Darlene Davis. The uncertainty of when she’ll see her 87-year-old mother in person again. The uncertainty of her co-workers’ health. The uncertainty that comes with the novel coronavirus. When a co-worker of hers at the JBS Swift meatpacking plant in Louisville died from COVID-19, she said that uncertainty turned […] By Liam Niemeyer May 12 Agriculture “Will It Be Enough?”: Meatpacking Workers Fear For Safety As Coronavirus Cases Mount Liam Niemeyer
Apr 28 Agriculture As Trump Orders Meatpackers To Stay Open, Health Department Complaints Allege Louisville Plant Failed To Protect Workers As President Trump ordered meatpacking plants on Tuesday to keep operating amid the coronavirus pandemic, more details are emerging about the concerns workers had about their safety at a facility in Louisville, where dozens of workers were infected and one died. The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services reported as of Monday, the state […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 28 Agriculture As Trump Orders Meatpackers To Stay Open, Health Department Complaints Allege Louisville Plant Failed To Protect Workers Liam Niemeyer
Apr 27 Agriculture One Worker Dead, More Than 200 Infected As Coronavirus Hits KY Meatpackers The Kentucky Department for Public Health has confirmed 220 employees at meatpacking plants across Kentucky have tested positive for the coronavirus, with one employee death related to the virus in Louisville. Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services spokeswoman Susan Dunlap in an email Monday afternoon said the Beshear administration is aware of cases and […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 27 Agriculture One Worker Dead, More Than 200 Infected As Coronavirus Hits KY Meatpackers Liam Niemeyer
Apr 23 Agriculture Kentucky Meatpacking Plants New Coronavirus Hotspots With Dozens Of Cases Dozens of coronavirus cases have been confirmed at two west Kentucky meatpacking plants, following concerns Ohio Valley worker safety advocates have raised about the spread of the coronavirus in these kind of facilities. Green River District Health Department Director Clay Horton said as of Thursday afternoon at least 62 people associated with a Tyson Foods […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 23 Agriculture Kentucky Meatpacking Plants New Coronavirus Hotspots With Dozens Of Cases Liam Niemeyer
Apr 22 Agriculture Online SNAP Program Could Increase Food Accessibility In Ohio Valley Kentucky and West Virginia have recently been added to a federal pilot program to allow food stamp recipients to purchase groceries online, and Ohio Valley anti-hunger advocates say it’s a good move to improve food accessibility amid the coronavirus pandemic. The pilot program lets those receiving food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 22 Agriculture Online SNAP Program Could Increase Food Accessibility In Ohio Valley Liam Niemeyer
Apr 17 Agriculture Demand Soars At Food Banks While Farmers Have Too Much Food Food banks and pantries across the Ohio Valley are seeing spiked demand as an unprecedented surge of people continue to file for unemployment benefits, with food banks facing weeks long delays to get certain products. Meanwhile, some farmers are facing a financial crisis, sitting on excess food they can’t sell — food that could be […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 17 Agriculture Demand Soars At Food Banks While Farmers Have Too Much Food Liam Niemeyer
Apr 10 Agriculture Coronavirus Concerns Rise As Ohio Valley Meatpacking Workers Fall Sick As the number of coronavirus cases surge across the country, some meatpacking facilities have been temporarily shuttered due to workers falling ill to the virus. Three workers in Georgia have even died. With workers at some Ohio Valley facilities now testing positive for the virus, worker safety advocates are raising concerns about how adequately workers […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 10 Agriculture Coronavirus Concerns Rise As Ohio Valley Meatpacking Workers Fall Sick Liam Niemeyer
Feb 7 Agriculture Over-Hyped Hemp? Amid Price Drop And A Big Bankruptcy, Some Farmers Feel Burned John Fuller is waiting for another farmer he’s never met before to talk about a situation he never imagined he would be in. It’s an overcast January day on his farm in west Kentucky, where he grew 18 acres of hemp last year, investing more than $250,000 of his own cash. He’s one of nearly […] By Liam Niemeyer Feb 7 Agriculture Over-Hyped Hemp? Amid Price Drop And A Big Bankruptcy, Some Farmers Feel Burned Liam Niemeyer
Jan 21 Agriculture Hemp Prices Crash Leaving Ohio Valley Farmers Feeling Burned Ohio Valley farmers planted more than 27,000 acres of hemp last year — about four times more than in 2018 — to cash in on a booming market for popular CBD products made from the crop. Yet with that growing boom, the price of CBD-rich hemp has crashed, dropping more than 75 percent in just […] By Liam Niemeyer Jan 21 Agriculture Hemp Prices Crash Leaving Ohio Valley Farmers Feeling Burned Liam Niemeyer