Hello from New Zealand
I work at MIRINZ Food Technology and Research, previously the Meat Industry
Research Institute of New Zealand. We have, putting all modesty aside, developed
meat processing and animal welfare standards which are the best in the world.
Organic growers have some options in both these areas which are not available to
conventional growers.
I would like to talk further with your growers about these issues (easily done
over the net) and intend to be in the States about this time next year on other
business, so for the price of a couple of nights accomodation I could talk and
show video of state of play in our green and pleasant land!
Alfred Harris
Team Leader, Regenerative Food
MIRINZ Food Technology & Research
Ruakura Campus
PO Box 617
Hamilton
NEW ZEALAND
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Subject: S.E. MINN. ORGANIC MEAT
Author: "Brian DeVore LSP" <Brian.A.Devore-1@tc.umn.edu>
Date: 25/06/98 08:37
CONTACT: Marsha Neff, LSP (507)
523-3366; lspse@rconnect.com
ORGANIC LIVESTOCK MARKETING WORKSHOP JULY 29 IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
6/23/98
HOUSTON, Minn. Ð Farmers, marketing experts and organic inspectors will crack
open the mysteries of USDA requirements for producing, processing and marketing
organic meat July 29 at the Ralph and Marianne Zerbe and John Jordan farm, near
Houston, Minn. The fee for the workshop, which runs from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30
p.m., is $5 ($4 for Land Stewardship Project members). The fee covers lunch and
informational handouts. To register, call the Land Stewardship Project at (507)
523-3366. The farm is eight miles south of I-90 on State Highway 76; at mile
marker 29 head east and go about 1 1/2 miles to third farm at the bottom of the
hill.
Topics of this workshop will include processing requirements, humane handling
systems, grading, and target pricing to maximize a farmeris bottom line. This
workshop and tour will clarify livestockis role in supporting a healthy organic
system, completing the nutrient cycle and contributing to a complete whole farm
plan.
Presenters will include Pam Saunders, a beef farmer and coordinator of the
Coulee Region Organic Producer Pool (CROPP); Joyce Ford, organic certifier; and
Ken Knight, owner of Knightro Powered Marketing and a consultant to CROPP.
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