Grocery delivery service relies on local food producers to satisfy its customers.

Independent Processor editor Sam Gazdziak talks with Fresh Picks co-founder Irv Cernauskas about how the company is thinking local in order to supply the Chicago-Milwaukee area.

Travis Koch of Overstreet, Homar & Kuker discusses how processors should handle and respond to employee walkouts and demonstrations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Christine Tenley, Burr & Forman LLP, discusses how processors are trying to balance their employees’ safety and health with having to stay in operation under the President’s Executive Order, and offers a few examples of successful initiatives she has seen in the industry.

With wage and hour battles having happened in the past in the industry, Travis Koch of Overstreet, Homar & Kuker discusses the potential for litigation to arise from the COVID-19 pandemic and what processors can do now to prepare.

Matt Spencer, director HR & Safety Programs, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY), sat down with Andy Hanacek to discuss what the group is doing to help its members keep employees safe and the supply chain operating properly through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sam Gazdziak talks with Stacie Waters of Bilinski Sausage about the company’s philosophy of simple ingredients and healthy eating.

Andy Hanacek and Drew Lorenz talk about the most recent outlook for the meat and poultry supply chain with COVID-19 infections shutting down some big meat and poultry plants.