Source: NCDA&CS, 4/25/22

As agriculture continues to grow and expand across North Carolina, small independent meat processors have become a vital part of meeting the growing demand for food both at home and across the nation. That’s where the Improving Meat Production Efficiency and Capacity grant program comes in. Created in September 2020 to help independent processors deal with booms in business created by situations like COVID, IMPEC is a highly flexible program which allows grantees to pinpoint the specific areas in which they can best use the funding.

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