Transforming a carpark into a helipad, and cold stores to emergency food supply storages – how Australia’s largest farmer-owned meat processing co-operative scrambled to help its local community in the wake of the February NSW flooding disaster.
WHEN floodwaters raged through the Northern Rivers in early 2022, few had seen anything like it. Homes and properties across the region were devastated, lives were lost, and thousands of people were displaced and looking for help.
The Casino Food Co-op, which has been operating since 1933, was fortunate to escape damage but some of its…