Meat & Poultry

At the second annual American Lamb Jam on Sunday, October 24, at the Bell Harbor Conference Center, the American Lamb Board partnered with local lamb producers to bring lambtastic fall flavors to the table. Twenty one Seattle chefs celebrated their love of lamb as they competed for top honors and created succulent selections paired with local Washington wines. …

Recent research shows that while pork is a celebrated cultural staple within the Latin diet, Hispanic consumers have concerns about the nutritional value and safety of pork. To serve up food for thought and educate consumers about pork’s many benefits, the Pork Checkoff has teamed up with renowned dietitian Sylvia Melendez-Klinger on a three-city media tour. …

AMI is partnering with the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) to conduct a survey about packaging in the meat industry in an effort to identify ways to increase the packaging recovery rate. …

Back in 2001, I read that heritage turkey breeds would be going the way of the pterodactyl if Americans didnt start raising them for the Thanksgiving market. …

The checkoff-funded BeefItsWhatsForDinner.com website remains the leading online destination for recipes dedicated to beef, shopping for and learning how to prepare beef. In the last Fiscal Year, the site had more than 495,000 total visits with more than 1.7 million page views. The checkoffs digital marketing manager, Meredith Stevens, says visitors to the site spend more than 3 minutes per session, which means theyre finding exactly what they need by way of recipes and cooking information and tips in order to have a great beef-eating experience. …