Posts in Processing
Breaking Down Halal-Certified & Kosher Meat: Religious Processing, USDA Rules, and Niche Market Growth

Discover how Halal-certified and Kosher meat can be processed in the U.S. to help grow your market, read about USDA religious exemptions, certifications, and growing market demand. This post explains the ways Halal and Kosher slaughter can help you gain market share, how to get a meat plant certified, and why religious-exempt processing is a rising opportunity for ranchers, processors, and meat brands targeting niche markets.

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Vertical Integration in the Beef Business: Running the Whole Enchilada, from Pasture to Plate

Vertical integration in the U.S. cattle and beef industry isn’t new, but it's gaining momentum and urgency. From rancher-led plants like Sustainable Beef to holistic farms like White Oak Pastures, the future might look a little less dictated from the top and a little more rooted in the soil and community that raise the cattle in the first place.

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Regenerative: the new Sustainable

Regeneratively Raised seems to fit a gold standard that discerning consumers can get behind. If you’re interested in purchasing meat products that give back to the soil, provide nutrient density to you and your family, and support a system of farming and ranching that is not only sustainable but allows an opportunity to repair the damage done by poor farming practices in the past, Regeneratively Raised is it. Just make sure you’re doing your due diligence to determine if that claim is truthful, because we have learned by now the USDA is not going to.

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