Wrenshall butcher aims to reduce bottleneck

Wrenshall butcher aims to reduce bottleneck

WRENSHALL — In her nearly three decades of farming, Rita Vavrosky has gone to at least eight meat processors to harvest her animals. And each year, as more butchers age out of the profession, it gets more difficult. “There aren't a lot of options nearby, and there aren't a lot of options at all,” said Vavrosky, who runs a small farm outside Carlton. To address the shortage, Kyle Laveau, who comes from a multi-generational Wrenshall farming famil…