Farms that sell directly to consumers are thriving amid the coronavirus downturn
Growing up with food insecurity, he hated the idea of making food more difficult to access. A former software engineer turned regenerative farmer, Newman set up his website for direct orders of meat and eggs early on. Now that decision is paying off, he says. “Business is really good.”also has a boutique farming operation that’s doing surprisingly well. Brown raises heritage breed pigs. “I have sold out of every pig I have until next year,” she exclaims. “I’ve never had that happen.
Fortunately, cattle can be held back from slaughter longer than pork or chicken without losing the investment. And her family is lucky, Brown says. They own their own land, so they have a lot more financial flexibility. ranchers supporting the Green New Deal and farm policy reform in Washington on Wednesday September 18, 2019. Much of the media coverage has been on meat lately but, as summer approaches, Pingree says fresh fruit and vegetable growers who sell primarily at farmer’s markets could also face significant losses. “There’s all these questions about how are we going to operate [farmers markets],” she says, and fresh produce farmers are beginning to panic.
Though ButcherBox contracts with farmers all over the U.S. and even internationally, they haven’t experienced problems with their supply chain. That’s because of the fairly small agricultural niche the company occupies. “The processing facilities where these animals are slaughtered and cut are way smaller,” Salguero explains.
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