Winthrop Meat Locker Awarded State Grant

A Winthrop meat locker has been awarded a state grant. 

The Winthrop Locker is among nine small-scale meat processing shops in Iowa that are splitting $355,000 in state grant money to expand their businesses. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says the “Choose Iowa Butchery Innovation Grants” have to be matched by the business and these grants are leveraging nearly two million dollars worth of investments.

Naig says meat lockers faced challenging times, but the pandemic was a turning point.

The Winthrop Locker in Winthrop has been awarded a grant of $25,000. Lawmakers created the state grant program for butcher shops in 2021 and the first round of grants were awarded in early 2022.

story courtesy of Radio Iowa