In this episode of Actual Ag Samantha speaks with Alex Tigue, Extension Agent and PhD student at Auburn University, who you may remember hearing from in one of our older episodes "Hormones in Animal Production". In this episode Alex and Samantha cover the recent JBS cyberattack including what happened, what we can expect as consumers as a result, and the current infrastructure of the meat processing industry. We also go on to discuss the key role that local meat processors could play if there were more of them and how you as a consumer can influence the meat processing industry.
If you are interested in checking out locally grown products in Alabama, use this link to find the Sweet Grown Alabama website that Alex mentioned
Similarly, you can find locally grown products in Georgia
If you are looking specifically to find locally grown Alabama beef, use the Alabama Cattlemen's Association website
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