Bad river brand enterprises, LLC DBA bad river jerky is a small meat snack processing facility located in chamberlain, south dakota

Bad River Brand Enterprises LLC dba Bad River Jerky (Bad River Jerky) 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. Bad River Jerky is a small meat snack processing facility located in Chamberlain, South Dakota that produces approximately 30 jerky products for sale at local farmers markets, fairs, and through its website. The grant funding will support facility upgrades and equipment purchases to help Bad River Jerky expand production capacity and obtain federal inspection status, allowing it to increase distribution of its healthy protein snacks. Key planned upgrades include additional floor drains and curbs in the processing area. The three-year grant period runs from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2024.

We have close to 30 products that we produce and sell at farmer's markets, fairs, shows and rodeos with our retail exemption status. We also have a website at WWW.badriverjerky.COM that return customers will visit when they need to restock. There is also a small retail area in the processing plant for walk-in customers. Bad river jerky also employs several people within the local area, with hopes to add more to the payroll when we are at federal status. When out on the road we have noticed a demand for healthy, protein snacks. Our business is booming, and we believe that IT will continue in the future. With those thoughts in mind, we would like to apply for federal status to give US more options to put our product into the hands of the consumer. Our facility would need several updates to get US to specs. We are hoping to add more floor drains and curbs in the processing area. With the growing volume of product we would need to produce, we are also looking at more equipment.