Pioneering lunches have started in the Big Sandy Schools, with meat provided by Pioneer Production Partners processed at Montana Premium Processors and paid for by North Central Stockgrowers, represented by CJ Hansen.

Montana Premium Process Co-Op, out of Havre, is a USDA Certified process center for Montana beef producers. Most of the beef in the future will be processed in Lewistown because the producer partnership there will be processing it at no charge. Lewistown is a nonprofit federally inspected plant. The Pioneer Production Partners didn't believe it would be fair to ask the Montana Pr...