Don't miss the biggest convergence of the local and niche meat value chain in the country! Farmers, Meat Processors, Chefs, Butchers, Cooperative Extension, Researchers, Regulators, Food-service Buyers, and allied support businesses gather to network and learn new and profitable ways to advance the local and niche meat industry. If you are in this business, you can't afford to miss it!
There will be a 30 day window for online registration this year. Registration will open at 10am Tuesday, November 5th and close Wednesday, December 4th at 11:59 pm.
Highlights: (full schedule available soon) Beef Cutting Demonstration with Adam Tiberio and Kari Underly Women Working in the Meat Business Convenience vs. Commitment- Perspective on Relationships Between Farms and Processors with the Niche Meat Processors Assistance Network The Effects of Macro-Economics on Small Meat Businesses or "Why Does this Business Seem Really Hard?" State of the Industry- Results from NC Choices Statewide Meat Handler Survey Humane Handling Practices in Inspected Slaughter Establishments Update on the Legal Environment of Local and Niche Meat Industry New Perspectives on the Niche Meat Customer for Retail and Foodservice Confessions of a (soon to be) Former Pastured Meat Farmer Understanding New Capital and Financial Risk for New Farmers Farmer's Market or Not? Is the Local Food Landscape Changing and Why? NC Food Code; Guidance for Restaurants, Butcher Shops and Food Trucks Meat Science 101 in 90 minutes Microbiology and Food Safety for Meat Handlers Pop-Up Butchery Demos of Beef, Pork and Lamb NCDA&CS- Your Partner in Advancing Local and Niche Meats in NC Non-GMO Feeds- Economics, Markets and Logistics Farmer’s Story: Pastured Hog Production in Eastern NC, Jeremiah Jones Farmer’s Story: Counting Nickels on a Highly Diversified Mountain Farm, Marie Williamson and William Lyons
The Carolina Meat Conference is a gathering of professionals from all sectors of the local and niche meat industry for two days of panel discussions, presentations, workshops, butchery demonstrations, a trade show, great meals featuring local meats and Monday night social, dinner and keynote address. Conference topics include livestock production, pasture management, meat processing, innovative marketing and business models and the latest updates on how new regulations will affect small food businesses.
This year, NC Choices welcomes Anya Fernald as keynote speaker to the conference held at the Benton Convention Center in Winston Salem, NC December, 9-10.
Anya Fernald is the co-founder and CEO of Belcampo Meat Co., an innovative, integrated niche meat company that strives to make “good food the old fashioned way” on an unprecedented scale. Anya has been recognized as one of the “40 under 40” by Food and Wine Magazine, named a “Nifty Fifty” by New York Times, appeared as a regular judge on Iron Chef America on the Food Network for three seasons and has co-authored two books for Slow Food’s international publishing house.
Casey McKissick NC Choices Program Director 3rd Annual Carolina Meat Conference December 9-10, 2013, Winston Salem, NC
www.carolinameatconference.com www.ncchoices.com NC Choices is a program of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems' (CEFS) that advances local and niche meat supply chains in North Carolina by providing networking opportunities, educational programming and technical assistance for producers, meat processors, buyers and food professionals. CEFS is a partnership of NC State University, NC A&T State University and the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
-- Edited by apcowboy on Wednesday 13th of November 2013 04:15:26 PM