In recognition of October as Women in Small Business Month, Flower Hill Institute teamed with Yanessa TV and Meet My Neighbor Productions to produce three podcasts highlighting growing meat processing businesses being led by strong, resilient women.
The first podcast, issued on Wednesday, October 16th, featured Danielle Carillo, who owns and operates Clark’s Custom Meats in St. Joseph, MO, along with her husband, Max.
The initial round of Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants (MPIRG) initiated in 2021 was among the first resources offered under the Biden Administration’s ambitious commitment to support smaller meat and poultry processors.
Regional Directors Chris Roper and Dave Carter have been visiting several processors who received those initial grants. Between the two of them, they have seen more than 45 processors from New York to Oregon since March.
These visits were overwhelmingly heartening, to say the least.
