{"id":25680,"date":"2022-03-29T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/?p=25680"},"modified":"2025-06-13T10:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:06:04","slug":"state-funding-approved-for-hcsd-pilot-meat-processing-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/state-funding-approved-for-hcsd-pilot-meat-processing-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"State Funding Approved for HCSD Pilot Meat Processing Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l1c7fwj3-70714ae093144e67a8ea0cea45b8e3c0\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l1c7fwj3-70714ae093144e67a8ea0cea45b8e3c0{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l1c7fwj3-70714ae093144e67a8ea0cea45b8e3c0 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l1c7fwj3-70714ae093144e67a8ea0cea45b8e3c0 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l1c7fwj3-70714ae093144e67a8ea0cea45b8e3c0 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  >State Funding Approved for HCSD Pilot Meat Processing Plant<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-um1wk0-951413bc9cf4b207b8bf715638eb5fcc hr-default  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l1c7hqju-c158cabca64bea4d05b70b598b7165d5 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>The State of Georgia has included $2.5M in its supplemental budget to fund a meat processing plant to be located at the district\u2019s newly added Agri-Business Center. While providing career pathways for students who have an interest in agriculture and meat processing, the plant will also enable the district to process its own protein in times of scarcity. The new facility will also give the school system the ability to work directly with local farmers rather than multinational meat companies.<\/p>\n<p>Terry England, R-Auburn, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, stated, \u201cThis pilot program is an investment in the future of Hall County and all of Georgia. With agriculture being the number one industry in our state\u2014the backbone our economy\u2014why would we not look for innovative opportunities to provide our young people with the skills they need to thrive in that industry? Furthermore, this facility will support local beef farmers by giving them an option for processing. It\u2019s going to be a model that hopefully other school systems will follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI congratulate Superintendent Will Schofield for successfully pursuing and receiving state funding for this innovative project,\u201d said Representative Lee Hawkins (R), 27<sup>th<\/sup> District. \u201cHe contacted me a few months ago about the idea of providing protein for the Hall County School System through a teaching program for meat cutting that would utilize a school facility and local farmers. I am proud to have worked with him to obtain the partial state funding to match our local funding for the future of our students and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited about this opportunity,\u201d said Superintendent Will Schofield. \u201cThere are so many young people in our area who have a passion for agriculture and agricultural science. \u201cThis new facility will be yet another venue where they can acquire job ready skills for high paying occupations immediately after graduation. We are grateful for this funding and the opportunity it provides.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State of Georgia has included $2.5M in its supplemental budget to fund a meat processing plant to be located at the district\u2019s newly added Agri-Business Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":12402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>State Funding Approved for HCSD Pilot Meat Processing Plant - 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