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2012 Food Trends To Watch

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:49:00 +0000

Source: Food, Nutrition And Science

2011 brought us higher food prices at unprecedented levels, crops and livestock destroyed by global weather catastrophes, nations at war over the lack of food supplies and more food recalls from unique points of origin.

Pink Slime, Mad Cow, Meat Glue, What Next?

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:23:00 +0000

Major news stations across the country are having a heyday with beef these days. Creating controversy around America’s most beloved protein, journalists are quick to attack beef, scaring consumers with reports about pink slime, mad cow, meat glue and more. What’s next? And, how much damage have these derogatory terms done to the beef industry?

National Harbor Wine And Food Festival’s Biggest Star Is Beef

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:48:00 +0000

Beef Checkoff News

The National Harbor Wine and Food Festival at National Harbor, MD, brought together world-renowned chefs, artisanal craftsmen, and culinary pioneers with thousands of Metro DC’s foodies and the beef checkoff-funded National Beef Ambassador team.

70% Of Moms Concerned About Food, Survey Finds

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:29:00 +0000

The great thing about America’s food supply is the abundance of choices we have available. Walk down the grocery store aisle, and you’ll find countless options. Additionally, the information we can obtain about our foods with a quick glimpse at a label is amazing. The meat case, for example, offers the savvy consumer choices like grass-fed, grain-fed, USA-raised, all-natural, organic and more.

BEEF Daily

The World’s Biggest Meat Consumers Revealed

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:21:00 +0000

Huffington Post

Of all the countries in the world, which consumes the most meat per person? The answer might surprise you.

Winning Beef Recipe, Plus New Contest!

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:09:00 +0000

From enchiladas to taco dip, we have compiled a tasty selection of ground beef recipes in the first two weeks of May. We are in full swing celebrating May Beef Month with Roper Apparel. Today, we announce the winner of our ground beef recipe contest and reveal the new cooking theme for the remaining weeks of May. The winning cooks will earn a $125 gift certificate for your efforts!

BEEF Daily

Organic Food Safety Needs Closer Look

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:54:00 +0000

University of Arkansas Center for Food Safety

Food science team says the increasing popularity of organic, free-range and natural meat requires a study of the associated impacts on food safety. Also needed is an evaluation of whether the consumer perception that organic meat is safer than conventionally produced beef is warranted.

Cutting Meat A Lost Art

Tue, 08 May 2012 21:46:00 +0000

Yakima Herald-Republic

For 18 years, CJ’s Custom Meats in rural Wapato, WA, has provided quality meat packing, butchering and smoking to Valley farmers and local customers. The owner, Michael Rockholt, went straight through 4-H and FFA in high school, butchering school, and working in retail meats to opening his own business. Rockholt's business of butchering is steadily becoming a lost art across the industry. CJ’s Custom Meats butchers cows, pigs, and wild game such as deer and elk. He even has a small retail area — now an unusual practice among butchers.

More Consumers Demanding Grass-Fed Beef

Tue, 08 May 2012 21:40:00 +0000

BND.com

The herd began pressing toward the gate the moment Tomales, CA, Stemple Creek Ranch owner Loren Poncia hopped the barbed-wire fence. All 300 snorted, snarled, grunted and mooed, pushing their flesh closer and closer to the metal barrier. Poncia, with an iPhone to his ear and cowboy boots on his feet, unwound a chain and flung open the gate.

Why I Choose To Eat Meat

Mon, 07 May 2012 20:45:00 +0000

Fox News; By Dave Daley

I am a fifth-generation California cattleman, with my sons and daughter actively involved in the ranch. I guess some would classify me as an animal killer because we grow cattle to produce beef. And I know non-ranchers struggle to understand that I can do that and still like cattle, but I do.