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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Small Farms Near LV Supplying Meat and Meat Products

This is a link to a KNPR facilitated article regarding small farm supplying of meat products in lieu of closure of the large suppliers like JBS,  Tyson Foods, Hormel, and Smithfield.

Local Meat Producers article

This is a list of "local" farms near the Las Vegas area. Some of these raise their own animals and process them.

Article by USDA on small scale producers locally.

Know the Nevada laws on buying meat from local suppliers (NRS 583).

Opinion piece on the broken supply chain for meat during the pandemic.

In Las Vegas, don't forget Larrys Great Western Meats, although they are not a producer they will cut and wrap meat. Like your old fashioned butcher.

We live in a state that has lots of "cow/calf" operations. These animals are shipped out of state to "fatten them up" for processing. Usually with corn. In Nevada they are mostly range cattle. Know the difference between "corn fed" and other types of feeding operations.




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