How local butchers could help meet the challenges of the food supply chain - a podcast by Marketplace

Early in the pandemic, COVID-19 outbreaks forced some of the country’s largest slaughterhouses and meat processors to shut down, leading to fears of meat shortages across the U.S. Now, there’s interest in diversifying that supply chain by boosting capacity at the local level. We check in on the status of the various vaccine mandates across the U.S., including the national one for health care staff. Supply chain issues have retailers preparing for a surplus of late-coming Christmas inventory that could flow into 2022.

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