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REGISTER NOW: Local Meat Producers Workshop, Canton, NC July 23rd
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REGISTER NOW!
$20 per person includes access to entire program, catered lunch and workshop materials. Registration is available online, pay by credit card, by clicking here. Processing fees apply (less than $5).
Payment by check can be made- email casey@ncchoices.com for details. Use subject line "RLC workshop pay by check"
NC Cooperative Extension personnel should register by contacting casey@ncchoices.com directly by email. 
 
NC Choices and WNC Agriventures present a one-day workshop for aspiring and practicing local and meat producers. 
Join us Wednesday July 23rd at the WNC Regional Livestock Center in Canton, NC for a day of workshops, panel
discussions, demonstrations and networking for local and niche meat producers, processors and food-service buyers. 
 
Topics include
Opportunities and Challenges of Local and Niche Meats with NC Choices
Beef and Pork Butchery Demonstration- Primal, Subprimal and Retail Cut Identification
Regulatory Compliance for Meat Handlers with NCDA&CS Meat and Poultry Inspection Division
Marketing: An Overview of Options for Meat Producers
Pricing Models from Retail Cuts to Quarters, Halves and Whole Animals
Intro to Pasture-based Production Systems for Beef, Pork and Poultry
Meat Quality Issues for small Beef and Pork Producers-Genetics, Forages, Feeds and Handling
Assessing Risk in Farm and Food Businesses
and more!

Wednesday, July 23rd, 10am-5pm
WNC Regional Livestock Center
474 Stock Drive, Cantons, NC 28712
Exit 33, off I-40


For questions please contact casey@ncchoices.com
 
with support by:
Advantage West
Center for Environmental Farming Systems
Community Foundation of WNC 
Golden LEAF Foundation
Land of Sky Regional Council 
Southwestern Commission Council of Government
USDA Rural Development
WNC Communities

    
 
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Casey McKissick
NC Choices Program Director
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.

 

 


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Leon Wildberger

Executive Director 
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