Solving the rural meat processing bottleneck
13 Mar 2025
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Rural Wabasso farmer Paul Sobocinski is one of three individuals who will share an endowed chair position at the University of Minnesota to help solve the rural meat processing bottleneck.
Sobocinski, Tom Nuessmeier and Julie Cesar Tena Soria serve as the Minnesota Farmers Union “Solving the Local Meat Processing Bottleneck Project” directors. Nuessmeier farms in Le Suer County. Soria started working with the Bottleneck Project a year ago and leads the group’s outreach to the Hispanic community.
The chair will also provide funding to support Ryan Solberg, a graduate student within the public policy master’s program at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
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