Nov 20 Agriculture Study Links Increased COVID-19 Transmission To Poultry Plants Allowed To Operate Faster A study published Thursday in a prestigious scientific journal links significant increases in COVID-19 transmission rates to meatpacking plants, especially those facilities that the federal government has allowed to speed up processing lines. Researchers found evidence that linked meatpacking plants to a “high potential for community spread” in the surrounding areas. The findings have implications […] By Liam Niemeyer Nov 20 Agriculture Study Links Increased COVID-19 Transmission To Poultry Plants Allowed To Operate Faster 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
Oct 20 Agriculture Speedy Decision: Are Poultry Processors Pushing Safety Limits? After serving five years in the Navy Tyler Dunn has returned home to Hickman, Kentucky. These days, if he isn’t at work at the local liquor store or completing assignments for a business degree, you might find him surrounded by one of several stray cats he saved from a parking lot. It’s hard to reconcile […] By Nicole Erwin Oct 20 Agriculture Speedy Decision: Are Poultry Processors Pushing Safety Limits? Nicole Erwin