South Dakota beef producers get schooled

Melisa Goss
Feb 23, 2022
Feb 23, 2022 Updated Feb 23, 2022

Beef to Schools 2.jpg — Students from Burke, S.D., help load a truck full of beef sourced from a cow in their community.
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A western South Dakota meat processor is working to provide nutritious, locally raised beef to schools throughout the state.

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Beef to Schools 1.jpg — Students from the McIntosh, S.D., school district pick up their locally-raised beef from Wall Meat Processing in Wall, S.D.
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Beef to Schools 3.jpg — The Wall Eagles football team gave Ken Charfauros a helmet as a thank you for all he does for their team and the community. The helmet is on display at Red Rock, Charfauros's restaurant in Wall, S.D.
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Beef to Schools 4.jpg — Wall High School football players enjoy some of Ken Charfauros’s provisions before a game in the fall of 2021. Charfauros, owner of Wall Meat Processing, started the Beef to Schools program in Wall, S.D.
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Melisa Goss, Associate Editor for the Tri-State Neighbor, is a South Dakota farm girl whose love of travel has allowed her to see ag’s vital impact around the world, from America’s heartland to the rice paddies of Southeast Asia and many places in between. She makes her home in Sioux Falls with her husband, daughter and miniature schnauzer. You can reach her at mgoss@lee.net.