By Mike Brown
National Chicken Council
Special to Poultry Times
WASHINGTON — If there is one positive thing to emerge from COVID-19, it is a reminder that our food system is “critical” and “essential.” The chicken industry has a long history of adapting to difficult situations and meeting changing demand, and 2020 has been no different, nor will 2021.
Our top priorities remain keeping our essential workers safe and keeping chicken stocked in the meat case. Chicken growers and processors across the country have stepped up to the plate, literally, to ensure America’s No. 1 protein keeps flowing to. . .