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Center for Rural Affairs LYONS, Neb. The Center for Rural Affairs is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to begin implementing a much-needed grant program authorized under a stimulus package approved by Congress in December. That legislation set funding aside to improve capacity at local meat lockers, but the agency has been slow to respond. In a letter to the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, the center asks that applications be made available as soon as possible, and that processors designated as “smaller” and “very small” receive preference. “Many of us have changed the way we purchase and prepare our food over the past 12 months,” said Johnathan Hladik, policy director for the Center for Rural Affairs. “Families now spend more time cooking at home. We are learning that local meat provides a better and more affordable alternative to the big box store.”

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