Customers in south central Iowa welcomed a new locally owned butcher shop this year with the opening of Red Barn Meat Market in Lamoni. Red Barn was born out of a need for access to affordable, high-quality, locally raised meat during the pandemic. 

In 2020, Red Barn’s founders — Tad Whittom and Enos Swartzentruber — saw their friends and neighbors struggling to source meat to feed their...