Source:  NCDA&CS, 3/25/22


By the time a piece of meat hits your plate, it has gone through a long journey.

From the farm to the processing plant to the grocery store and everything in between, meat production is a complicated process which requires up-to-date infrastructure at every stage. That’s why in April 2021, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services launched the third phase of the Increasing Meat Production, Efficiency and Capacity grant program, which supports the meat and seafood industry by providing funding to small-scale processing facilities across the state.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many large processing facilities closed their doors temporarily. This quickly highlighted a need to support smaller, independent processing plants, which led to the General Assembly approving IMPEC phase 3, which includes $6 million in grants with a limit of $400,000 per project.

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