Pats Pastured in East Greenwich, Rhode Island received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The funding will support Pats Pastured's efforts to expand its poultry and pork/beef cutting operations to obtain a USDA Grant of Inspection and sell products across state lines. Specifically, the award will help finance improvements to increase production capacity, storage, and processing efficiency. It will also upgrade equipment for poultry slaughtering/cutting and pork/beef cutting. The funding is intended to increase food safety, product offerings, and profitability at the facility over the three-year period from September 2021 through September 2024.
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