Meat Matters December 6th to December 10th, 2021
Stay up to date with Jonathon, Austin, PatrickB and JohnG5 as they go through and bring you the latest and most important stories that effect the food industry. These articles can range from the impactful to the ridiculous, serious to scary!
Think venison’s too gamey? This chef says you’re not cooking it right
Chef provides tips for avoiding gamey flavor in deer meat.
A look inside a Mississippi school’s meat processing class
A look inside a high school meat processing program like no other in the state of Mississippi.
Muscogee Nation opens $10 million meat processing facility in Okmulgee County to tackle food insecurity
The Muscogee Nation held a grand opening for a $10 million meat processing facility on Friday, Dec. 3 near Beggs, Okla.
Maine meat processors get help opening new markets
The federal government is helping meat processors in Maine with more than $1.3 million.
Missouri welcomes large beef plant that will process 2,400 head of cattle a day
Expansion of meat processing happens in Missouri.
Cargill Plant That Supplies 40% of Canada’s Beef Averts Strike
“Union workers at a Cargill Inc. plant that accounts for about 40% of Canada’s beef supply have accepted a new labor contract, averting a strike that threatened to disrupt the nation’s meat market.”
Goat meat turnoff hits highest level in 2.5 years
“AUSTRALIAN goat meat production has reached its highest level in 2.5 years, exceeding 6 million kilograms in the September 2021 quarter.”
Beef + Lamb New Zealand and Silver Fern Farms Collaboration Increases Sales in U.S. Market
Demand for New Zealand beef and lamb rising in the United States.
Sustainable Superfoods: Sophie’s BioNutrients Aims to Replace Soy as a Commercially Viable Protein Alternative within 5 years
“Sophie’s Bionutrients applies a high-moisture extraction process to microalgae, accelerating the commercial viability of microalgae-based foods.”
Post of the week!!!
Week 5 Winners Processing Deepwoodsbutcher, Turkey Surg
Week 4 Winners Processing PapaSop, Recipes GWG8541 and processhead
Week 3 Winner GWG8541
Week 2 Winner HerbcoFood
Week 1 Winner Idaho Smokey
The Post of the Week Winners for Week 6 are MCURRAN for meat processing and mfrievalt for Recipe. MCURRAN won with seven votes for his Willie’s Venison Jerky strips. mfrievalt stood out with seven votes as well with his Venison tenderloin with Pa’s Black Bull. Congratulations to MCURRAN and mfrievalt for their Week 6 victories.
In the processing category twilliams was the runner up with four votes and marzig20 had two votes. For the recipe category, PapaSop received four votes, HerbcoFood had three and Surg received two.
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New choices to vote for will be released in a post on Thursday.
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