Andy Shaw, President of Cypress Valley Meats and award-winning processor, died on September 3 at the age of 43. He was a board member of the Missouri Association of Meat Processors and recently won the AAMP Accomplishment Award at the association’s annual convention last month. He was unable to attend the event due to a COVID-19 illness. MAMP announced his death on the association's Facebook page.
In October of 2010, Cypress Valley Meat Company opened its first location at 1326 Highway 64 in Vilonia, Arkansas. The facility was exclusively for deer processing and deer summer sausage. The company has since expanded into other operations and facilities. Cypress Valley works with about 900 farmers to process beef, pigs or poultry. Those farmers then take those products and find distribution channels for them, either through foodservice distribution, farmers’ markets or e-commerce.