A newly formed cooperative geared to preserve and expand local meat processing in the Flathead Valley will begin accepting members July 31.
Producers and interested community members can learn more about the Glacier Processing Cooperative during the Membership Meeting July 31 at 7 p.m. in the Trade Center Building at the Flathead County Fairgrounds, 265 North Meridian Rd., in Kalispell.
The meeting will feature a panel discussion, information about how to become a co-op member, and the cooperative’s feasibility study that looks at the two-phase plan to purchase and expand the meat processing capacity at Vandevanter Meats in Kalispell.