Three Illinois meat plants closed in the past week as COVID-19 cases mount. It could mean higher meat prices, fewer choices at supermarkets and for farmers, ‘some tough choices.’ – Chicago Tribune
Smithfield on Friday announced that it will indefinitely shutter its pork plant in Monmouth, Illinois, after a “small portion” of its 1,700 employees there tested positive for COVID-19. Separately on Friday, the Kane County Health Department ordered the temporary shutdown of Smithfield’s meat processing plant in St. Charles, which employs 325 people, due to COVID-19 concerns.
This is a disaster. A second wave of infections in the fall combined with food shortages is going to be apocalyptic. Everyone better have a BIG garden this summer and learn to can, or, buy a large freezer.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
This is a disaster. A second wave of infections in the fall combined with food shortages is going to be apocalyptic. Everyone better have a BIG garden this summer and learn to can, or, buy a large freezer.