Michael Fields Agricultural Institute: New study maps Wisconsin meat-processing gaps, finds more than one-third of counties lack licensed slaughter facilities 

On August 5 Michael Fields Agricultural Institute released “Processing Deserts and the Missing Middle: Mapping Meat-Processing Infrastructure Gaps Across Wisconsin’s Pasture Landscape.” This new statewide study maps Wisconsin’s licensed meat establishments against its pasture landscape. The research found that 26 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties have no inspected red-meat slaughter facility, c...