Good Food
Meat supply, slaughterhouses, French classics
Meat is a multibillion dollar industry. With the pandemic forcing closures of packing facilities and employees being too ill to work, the availability of cheap meat for consumers is threatened.
By Evan Kleiman • • 56m ListenMeat is a multibillion dollar industry. With the pandemic forcing closures of packing facilities and employees being too ill to work, the availability of cheap meat for consumers is threatened. Good Food is taking a deep dive into the meat system — in response to a friend asking if her family would have to become vegetarians because of anticipated meat shortages. Also, summers in France inspired the latest cookbook from food writer Melissa Clark. She shares how to make classic dishes at home.
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5 storiesAnimals and workers are packed shoulder-to-shoulder in meat processing plants
Four major companies control the meat market in the U.S. If one plant closes, it can knock out 5% of meat production.
Read the story22 minTrump declares meat packing plants essential businesses, despite concerns from workers
Recent estimates put national beef and pork production at a 65% decrease, journalist H. Claire Brown tells KCRW. Meanwhile, the CDC reports that 3% of the slaughterhouse workforce has tested positive for COVID-19.
Read the story10 minWorking with meat processing plants is like ‘dealing with the DMV every day of your life,’ says rancher Meredith Bell
At the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market, correspondent Gillian Ferguson checks in with Meredith Bell, owner of Autonomy Farms . Bell breeds pigs, cows, and chickens at her 20-acre farm in Bakersfield.
Read the story8 min‘First we get lost, then we have lunch’: Melissa Clark on childhood summers in France
Every August, New York Times food writer Melissa Clark and her family left Brooklyn for a journey across the French countryside.
Read the story8 min2 LA restaurants help feed low-wage workers and first responders
High Road Kitchens is a new initiative that aims to fund independent restaurants while feeding low-wage workers and first responders. The program uses a pay-what-you-can model.
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