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Welcome to The Jungle.

Whistleblower says JBS asked employees to pay $100 for Covid-19 tests. Shocker: few participated.

10.27.2020
H. Claire Brown
The pandemic gave me time to grow, forage, and hunt much of my own food. I will not return to the way things were.
10.02.2020
by Dacia Meneguzzo
Design of South Dakota meatpacking plant contributed to high number of Covid-19 cases, CDC says
09.21.2020
by Pramod Acharya
Nearly half of all meatpacking plant outbreaks are still not accounted for
08.21.2020
by Sky Chadde
In a first, Michigan orders farms and meatpacking plants to test workers for Covid-19
08.10.2020
by Sam Bloch
Smithfield Foods used a newspaper ad to attack the media. Here’s how it’s done—and why—in 12 tweets.
08.04.2020
by The Counter
Meat companies refuse to get specific about Covid-19 caseloads, record exports during height of pandemic
07.27.2020
by Sam Bloch
Beef packers’ profit margins reached historic levels during the height of Covid-19 plant shutdowns
07.24.2020
by Jessica Fu
In Arkansas, increasing pressure on Tyson Foods and Governor Hutchinson to protect workers’ lives
07.07.2020
by Sam Bloch
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