News & Issues

Kansas Meatpacking Workers Fueled an Economic Boom, But Many Need Food Pantries to Get By

Four Decades after Garden City’s Meatpacking Boom Began, the Kansas Town is Still Strained by Growing Pains.

by David Condos, Kansas News Service

November 3, 2021

News & Issues

How a Meatpacking Plant Changed One Kansas Town 40 Years Ago and Left a Colorado Community Behind

Four decades ago, a town in Kansas and a town in Colorado competed to become home to a giant meatpacking plant that, at the time, was the largest of its kind in the world. Here’s what has happened to them since.

by David Condos, Kansas News Service

October 27, 2021