This week, government officials announced that Charles City Iowa-based premium chicken integrator, 纯草原农场公司., 将收到$6.9 million dollar grant as part 美国 Department of Agriculture (USDA) Meat and Poultry 处理 Expansion Program (MPPEP)该公司在一份新闻稿中表示. 

The program was launched in 2021 in response to supply chain disruptions in recent years for meat and poultry products during the COVID-19 pandemic. 根据美国农业部, the program is "to encourage competition and sustainable growth in the US meat processing sector, 并帮助提高供应链的弹性."

"It wasn't so much that we matched our company to the grant, but that the grant was tailor made for smaller food companies like ours who are partnering in ownership with growers in unique way for the industry,布莱恩·洛夫斯说, chief executive officer and president for 纯草原农场. "It will allow us to reach our state-of-the-art processing plant's full potential much quicker and restore a market for area jobs and regional farmers."

根据CEO的说法，这是什么 纯草原农场 team has achieved since purchasing its shuttered state-of-the-art processing facility last December has been impressive. 他一起分享, alongside a small group of farmers and local maintenance crews, it took a significant effort to bring the plant back to whole after sitting idle for several years. The MPPEP格兰特 now enables the team to take the business to the next level and achieve its vision around team member welfare, 设施的质量, 以及最先进设备的质量. It even puts more meaning behind the company's moniker of the "Where the Good Life Grows^™."

作为51美元的一部分.700万美元的改善项目 纯草原农场, Roelofs说, MPPEP拨款将专门帮助资助18,000-square-foot addition to include a warehouse and distribution center, dramatically improve the plant's existing employee wellness area, 重新设计它的第二加工区域. 

"所有 of this allows us to maintain a beneficial and safe work environment for our team members in a post-pandemic environment, and to become the regional employer of choice because of our strong training programs and commitment to developing our people,洛夫斯说. "It also helps us provide a premium choice for a growing interest in locally and responsible sourced chicken products."

除了 MPPEP格兰特, 纯草原农场 最近收到了2美元.300万美元 培训资助 from the Iowa Economic Development Authority as well as a $38.7 million dollar USDA-backed loan, designed to invest in smaller agriculture manufacturers. Along with capital from investors, the infusion of financial support further propels 纯草原农场 toward integrating its operations and providing for its team members, 农场合作伙伴, 客户, 和社区. With its first production run planned for mid-November with approximately 40 farmer-partners and 50 team members, the company plans to reach its full production capacity by 2024 with more than 100 farmer-partners and 400 team members: while processing around 600,每周零售000只鸡, 餐饮服务, 熟食店的顾客.

Consumers of 纯草原农场' products will enjoy premium quality chicken raised in cooperation with family farmer owners in in Iowa, 明尼苏达州, 和威斯康辛州, 采用严格的动物福利标准. 鸡将被喂以素食, 没有动物副产品, 而且不使用抗生素. Products will be air-chilled, highly trimmed, and contain no-added-ingredients.

“网上赌搏网站十大排行受宠若惊，也很荣幸能获得 MPPEP格兰特, and for the positive impact it will make in our local and regional communities. It provides further proof that we're in this for the long-haul, which is important toward continuing to build trust and confidence in our stewardship,罗洛夫斯总结道. “网上赌搏网站十大排行相信这有助于保持 纯草原农场 privately and locally owned, which accomplishes what it was meant to do."