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Our stories this week: Emails show the delay in addressing the coronavirus in meatpacking plants, a follow up on the Rochelle Foods plant and COVID-19, the deepening of farmers' isolation and mental health issues, and Dave Dickey gives us his take on the Pilgrim's Pride settlement.

Stay safe and read on!

OSHA and USDA waited months into pandemic to coordinate effort into COVID-19 crisis in meatpacking plants, emails show

 
By Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | February 5, 2021
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Ten months into pandemic, Rochelle Foods and Illinois health department still at odds over COVID-19


By Madison McVan, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, and Derek Kravitz, Brown Institute for Media Innovation | February 9, 2021 
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Farmers already felt isolated. The COVID-19 pandemic made it worse.




By Marissa Plescia, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | February 10, 2021
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And the beat goes on (but did you expect different?)





By Dave Dickey, Commentator | February 10, 2021
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