Local small farms rally to meet surge in food 'panic buying'

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SILVANA — A line of masked customers formed on the stoop of Silvana Meats recently as patrons waited their turn to purchase cuts of farm-fresh meat.

The rural butcher shop has drawn a crowd every day for nearly the past two months, manager and co-owner Teresa Faulkner said. It’s not uncommon nowadays for the store to run out of product before the day is over.

“People are hoarding because they think they’re not going to be able to buy any meat,” Faulkner said. “They’re freaking out.”

Customers can purchase up to five pounds of frozen meat, including buying a share of a whole cow.

The shop is going through in a day what it would normally in a week, her husband Kevin Faulkner said.

Snohomish County consumers aren’t just scrambling for meat, they’re buying up other local goods as well.

People started reaching out directly to area farmers early on in the coronavirus pandemic, Snohomish County agricultural coordinator Linda Neunzig said. They wanted to supplement what they couldn’t find at big box stores.

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1. People are nuts. As if they can't survive without

meat. Liking meat is one thing, panic buying it is another. We are omnivores after all.