The pandemic has brought about confusing contradictions for consumers when it comes to food and food markets.
Roxi Beck, Consumer Engagement Director for the Center for Food Integrity, says that helpful analogy farmers can use to explain what is happening, is gardening. Although there are many differences is growing plants and raising animals, the basics are the same.
The Center for Food Integrity has partnered with the Iowa and the Illinois Farm Bureaus to create an animated infographic showing how beef, pork, and chicken make it from the farm to consumers’ plates, which she says can take some of the confusion out of what is happening.
To check out the interactive map, click HERE.