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Chicken squad – The Food fight
We have all been in a conversation where it felt like the other person is hearing only what they wanted to hear. That’s the feeling Sandra Middleburg, a British Columbian chicken farmer, got when...
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Why Temple Grandin’s approach continues to shake-up the industry
In the United Sates it would be difficult to find a stock breeder who had not heard of Dr Temple Grandin. She is known as ‘a hero for animals’ and, following the release in 2010 of a biopic of her...
View ArticleSausage – Give the dog a chance
Americans have been devouring hot dogs like there is no tomorrow since 1893 when visitors to the Chicago World’s Fair discovered what had been a local treat in Chicago and New York City’s German...
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Walmart tells chicken to come clean
There are few companies in the world such as Walmart in which saying their name gets an instant strong response. Some in the USA, such as Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent – Vermont), seem to believe...
View ArticleLoan Barbecue Star
Some of the nicest people you can ever hope to meet you’ll find in Texas. They are polite, friendly, and slow to anger –except when a discussion turns to one of three things: politics, the Alamo, or...
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Salt Lick Barbecue: If you build it they will come
As you drive out to Salt Lick’s original barbecue stand in Driftwood, Texas – about 40 minutes outside of Austin depending on the traffic – it’s hard to believe that thousands of people make the same...
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The Urban BBQ
© Clay Williams / http://claywilliamsphoto.com In a Pace bottled picante salsa commercial from the 1980s, Texan cowboys are sitting around a campfire putting salsa on their food when they run out of...
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Pork: Betting the boom
Pork is a funny old thing in the United States. With it, all of the nation’s dichotomies come out to play – and it is one messy playground. Your age; economic sphere; education; religion; and even...
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Pig farm ready to leap
Fergus Howie, managing director of Wicks Manor Farm, takes you into his parent’s farmhouse, to the large dining room where he likes to talk to clients and visitors. This part of the house dates back...
View ArticleSteve Commes’ Country Ham
For those of you who have not been in the US south, despite the image you might have of old plantation houses, flowering magnolias, and long summer days, pork is the dominate feature. Every restaurant...
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Interview: Brett T. Johnson
While on a recent bacon fact-finding trip, MPJ’s editor Velo Mitrovich devoured an entire pack of Hormel’s Black Label Bacon at one sitting. In an attempt to justify this, Velo talks to Brett T....
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This Sizzle Ain’t Going Away
The world’s best bread can be found in France; cheddar in England; tomatoes in Sicily, and bacon? Despite what Denmark, the UK, and Germany might think, the world’s best bacon – by far – is being made...
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Cashing in on Saudi Arabia’s Poultry Affair
You have an image of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in your mind; oil wells, desert sands, camels, and date palms growing around an oasis. It’s time to imagine again, especially if poultry is your game....
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Greece in crisis – down but not out
While Greece might be the founder of western civilization, The New York Times describes it as “drowning under a welter of statistics that present a devastating picture of unemployment, unpayable...
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Getting lamb back on the menu
Will a day soon come where lamb will no longer be an option at most restaurants? Already in many western supermarkets – New Zealand and Australia excluded – the fresh lamb section seems like an...
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Canadian turkey farm does it all
As January grips the Northern Hemisphere, it’s hard not to feel a bit of pity for those living around the Canadian/US Great Lakes. Some winters the lakes freeze so hard that ice road builders could...
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Marketing to a Millennial beat
Say goodbye to the Boomers and Generation X, the Millennials have arrived in force and now make up a third of the world’s population. But, if you think that Millennials and their dollars are soon...
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Wing craze shows no sign of slowing down
Who would have ever figured that a throw-away chicken piece has become the most valuable item on a bird. MPJ looks at the US phenomena of chicken wings and why they’re not going away Even before the...
View ArticleVacuum packaging for aging beef
More and more commercial end users are using vacuum packaging to age their beef, allowing it to be sold for a premium rate. However, there is more to the process than you imagine – especially if you...
View ArticleCanada deal seals major boost for Welsh Lamb exports
Canadian consumers will soon be seeing far more Welsh Lamb in their shops. A major retail chain has announced that it will be stocking the meat in hundreds of shops across the country, and holding...
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