Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited Route 174 Roadside Market in Cumberland County, one of 54 small Pennsylvania businesses supported through the Department of Agriculture’s Very Small Meat and Poultry Processor Reimbursement Grant Program.
The grant program reimburses costs tied to opening or expanding meat and poultry processing operations or meeting federal food safety requirements. During the visit, Redding also invited applicants for the 2025-26 grant round.
Route 174 Roadside Market is part of a fourth-generation family farm that received a $100,000 grant in 2022 through the program. With the funding, the Paulus family added a butchering room to process pasture-raised beef and poultry, expanded cold storage, and added equipment to sell directly to consumers…