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Meat Inspection and Recalls: How It Works

Meat Inspection and Recalls: How It Works

  • February 12, 2014
  • Agriculture

Latest Recall: Cause for Alarm? I am sure by now you all have heard about USDA recalling nearly 9 million pounds of meat processed through Rancho Feeding Corporation in Petaluma, CA. The news media has been releasing USDA’s press release…

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Did You Know: There Is Such A Thing As Purple Meat?

Did You Know: There Is Such A Thing As Purple Meat?

  • November 6, 2013
  • Agriculture

It’s probably likely that if you solely buy meat from the grocery store, you didn’t know there was such as thing as purple meat. Yes, purple meat. Or as we call it in the meat industry, dark cutting beef. Dark…

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The Real Story Behind Chicken Nuggets…

The Real Story Behind Chicken Nuggets…

  • October 8, 2013
  • Agriculture

Well that “pink slime” controversy is rearing it’s ugly head again… But this time it isn’t about the beef. The suspect in question? Chicken. I am sure many of us remember this image of that “pink” substance many people were…

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Nitrites: What’s the REAL Story?

Nitrites: What’s the REAL Story?

  • August 15, 2013
  • Agriculture

Nitrites are something that have been in the news off and on since the 1980’s. One news story tells you they cause cancer, the next one tells you the health benefits of nitrites. There have even been billboards trying to…

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What We Want You to Know About the Meat Industry

What We Want You to Know About the Meat Industry

  • August 2, 2013
  • Agriculture

As a business who’s been in the meat industry and seen many different sides of the industry, we’d like consumers to know that you can find good meat no matter where you go. Don’t feel like you’ve got to spend…

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How Do I Know When My Pork Chops Are Cooked?

How Do I Know When My Pork Chops Are Cooked?

  • July 10, 2013
  • Agriculture

For a long time as a child, I didn’t like pork… I know, the daughter of a butcher not liking pork it’s like a sin. Why didn’t I like pork? Well my mom usually over cooked it. It was dry,…

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Our Favorite Beef Cuts for Summer

Our Favorite Beef Cuts for Summer

  • June 26, 2013
  • Agriculture

We all know the classics: rib eyes, new yorks, filets…. The tried and true staples are great. We love a grilled rib eye as much as the next meat lover. But with beef prices usually through the roof during summer,…

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Pork Chops Are No Longer Pork Chops

  • May 30, 2013
  • Agriculture

You may be thinking huh? In the beginning of April, The National Pork and Beef Councils came out with a new campaign aimed towards helping customers more readily identify their cuts of meat as well as how to cook those…

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Reporter Goes Undercover as USDA Meat Inspector

  • May 17, 2013
  • Agriculture

Last week, I came across this story put out by Harper Magazine by a reporter (Ted Conover) who was tasked with becoming a USDA inspector for the meat processing company, Cargill in small town rural Nebraska. Upon reading it, I…

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A Look Inside Glass Walls of a Slaughterhouse… A Pork Plant

  • May 9, 2013
  • Agriculture

A while back I shared a video looking inside the walls of a beef slaughter plant. If you missed it, I highly suggest you check out that post! In the post I said, It’s no secret that customers of the…

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