Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many industries have either shut down or drastically scaled back operations. The meat processing industry is one of them.
Local beef farmers in the Kingston region have seen a surge in demand for their products, but are having issues getting their product to customers.
Dowling is a third-generation organic grass-fed beef farmer on Howe Island, a farm in business for over 60 years — and an enterprise now affected by COVID-19.
Doublejay Farms has a herd of about 80 beef cattle, 15 of which are slaughtered every year. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] But since COVID-19 there has been a major surge in local demand for their product.