Ep. 228: Moving targets — How Glenn Valley Foods managed the aftermath of a devastating ICE raid

08/09/2025 33 min
Ep. 228: Moving targets — How Glenn Valley Foods managed the aftermath of a devastating ICE raid

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Would your plant — or your company — survive the overnight disappearance of more than half of your operations workforce? Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha did, after an ICE raid in June. In a conversation with Meatingplace Editor-in-chief Tom Johnston, Glenn Valley President Chad Hartmann tells the inside story of the raid and what the company did in the days and weeks that followed that got it back on its feet. And Hartmann issues a warning: Any processor, big or small, could be next.