Raleigh, NC: NC Choices, an initiative of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems that promotes the advancement of local, niche and pasture-based meat supply chains, has released a six-part video series on processing local meat products in NC. The videos are intended to illustrate some of the services available at small-scale processing facilities that can [...]
NC Choices Advances Local, Niche and Pasture-based Meat Supply Chains FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 19, 2015 RALEIGH, NC: James West's family raised hogs outdoors for generations. West's father stopped in 1992 when industry consolidation drove hog production indoors. Two decades later, the economics for small-scale hog production are becoming more favorable as markets respond to [...]
NPR's All Things Considered: Female Butchers Are Slicing Through The Meat World's Glass Ceiling WUNC's The State of Things: Women in the Meat Business WUNC's All Things Considered: North Carolina Women Seek Their Rightful Place in the Meat Business The Independent Weekly: Conference unites women across meat industry supply chain to address common issues Farm Aid's blog, Farm Aid's [...]
Golden Leaf Foundation is helping CEFS provide "Pasture to Process" programs for meat producers in North Carolina. The Foundation awarded CEFS two years of funding (2014-2015) to "enhance economic viability across local niche meat supply chains." The funding will allow greater integration of two CEFS programs: Amazing Grazing, a pasture-based livestock educational initiative, and NC Choices, an initiative [...]
Join 30 women livestock farmers, butchers, processors, chefs, and professionals for two days and nights of hands-on learning with lead instructor and James Beard Award nominee Kari Underly, a third generation meat cutter and inventor of the flat iron steak. The retreat will be held in Chapel Hill, NC and is presented by NC Choices [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2013: NC Choices' Carolina Meat Conference enters its third year of innovative educational programming and unparalleled networking opportunities for niche meat supply chain partners including farmers, processors, chefs, buyers and industry support businesses. The Carolina Meat Conference is a gathering of professionals from all sectors of the local and niche [...]
The Third Annual Carolina Meat Conference, December 9-10 NC Choices' Carolina Meat Conference enters its third year of innovative educational programming and unparalleled networking opportunities for niche meat supply chain partners including farmers, processors, chefs, buyers and industry support businesses. The Carolina Meat Conference is a gathering of professionals from all sectors of the local and [...]
On May 20-22, NC Choices held their first hands-on, intensive workshop specifically geared toward women in the local, niche meat industry. The Women Working in the Meat Business Retreat was developed out of the enthusiastic feedback received from last year's Carolina Meat Conference session recognizing the emerging role women play in the niche meat industry. NC Choices designed [...]
NC Choices is hosting a Women Working in the Meat Business Retreat May 20th – 22 in Chapel Hill, NC. The retreat, sponsored by the Farm Credit Associations of North Carolina, is in response to the emerging role of female professionals within meat businesses. “Women are increasingly playing a leadership role in the meat sector, whether it’s as livestock [...]
Richard & Ronnie Huettman of Acre Station Meat Farm, 2012 Commercial Meat Processor of the Year The Second Annual NC Choices Carolina Meat Conference was held in early December 2012 in the beautiful and historic Winmock Dairy in Bermuda Run, NC. The conference was attended by over 380 producers, meat processors, food buyers and [...]
