Dr. Jeyam Subbiah, associate vice chancellor for research development at the University of Arkansas, experienced empty shelves at a grocery store during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I thought to myself, ‘How is this possible here?’”
Subbiah is also a professor of food science and director of the Center for Scalable & Intelligent Automation in Poultry Processing. Tyson Foods, the largest chicken producer in the US, is headquartered in Springdale, with many chickens coming from farms across the state.
Author's summary: Researchers address poultry processing modernization.