Supply chains are under a strain due to the COVID-19 pandemic and grocery stores across the country are facing food shortages.
Now, Oklahomans are looking for a new way to buy meat.
Jake Miller, farm manager of Outwest Farms in Cleveland said people are often used to shopping at the grocery store that local farmers are regularly forgotten.
However, the pandemic is shifting this trend. Business has been steadily increasing for local farms.
“At the grocery store, many items will be out of stock like chicken and beef,” Miller said. “You’ll see extreme price changes, but with us, we don’t have that problem. We have a local supply chain and processor.”
Kris Gosney, co-owner of John’s Farm in Fairview, said that’s just one of the advantages of buying local.
“Knowing your farmer and your food source and being able to get it in these critical times,” Gosney said. “That is extremely important.”
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