Puerto RIco

Puerto Rico University’s Training Program Vital to Island’s Food Security

Shortages of trained workers continue to be one of the significant challenges facing smaller processors operating in relatively remote areas.

Fortunately, many higher education institutions of all sizes are working to address those needs, in part with resources that were made available through USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture.

Resilient

For the past few decades leading up to 2020, the consolidation in the meat and poultry processing industries was touted as creating the most efficient and resilient method to bring protein for farmers and ranchers to consumers.

Then came COVID.