ChopLocal, a farmer-owned online marketplace, reached a milestone in July. The Iowa-based platform is now home to 20 farmers and butcher shops who sell their meat directly to consumers.
“When we started ChopLocal in 2020, our goal was to help smaller suppliers compete against larger online retailers and meat packers,” says Jared Achen, Iowa farmer and founder of the company. “Our current meat supply chain in the United States is efficient, but it is not resilient, and it does not put enough of the profits into the hands of the hard-working farmers who raise the meat.”