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NMPAN webinars are recorded and archived below, by topic. A few selected webinars from other groups are also listed. Click on a webinar’s title for the slides, speaker info, and the recording. Topic Areas (click to jump to a topic): Local Meat and Poultry Processing: the Big Picture Regulations and Policy Plant Operations […]
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Webinars and Case Studies Webinars (current/recent) NMPAN webinars are recorded and archived by topic. A few selected webinars from other groups are also listed. Webinar Archives Webinar/Event Archive Niche Meat Processor Case Studies The following case studies offer a detailed look inside a variety of niche-oriented meat processors. Some have photos, design drawings, and […]
[…] Processors (AAMP) and many state-level meat processor associations have a very strong emphasis on retail butcher shops. Webinars & Case Studies: Microbiology 101 for Small Meat Processors webinar Date: February 1, 2012 Duration: 95 minutes Meat processors increasingly need to understand microbiology concepts and terms, from N-60 sampling and multi drug resistance to Non-0157 […]
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Learn more about NMPAN: www.nichemeatprocessing.org Webinar Description Mobile poultry processing units (MPPUs) have been around for more than ten years. On this webinar, we learned about five MPPUs on the ground around the country: Kentucky, Montana, Vermont, and two in Massachusetts. Each of our speakers covered […]
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Overview Recording Keith DeHaan’s slides Chris Raines’ slides Text of the audio Overview Finding a processor that does what you need, when you need it, can be challenging. Building a new facility to meet that need might seem like a good idea. Sometimes it is, but often […]
Overview Recording Pam Saunders’ slides Arion Thiboumery’s slides Product Costing Spreadsheets Price Indexing Transcription of the webinar recording Overview Please Note: This webinar is no longer available in video form, however, the presentation materials remain active. A processor and a marketer, both specializing in niche meats, walk us through the ins and outs of […]
[…] processors (like most small businesses) don’t fully understand why they are or aren’t making money and what they can do about it. On this page, based on a NMPAN webinar given by Arion Thiboumery, co-founder of the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network and a processor himself (Lorentz Meats, Vermont Packinghouse), we introduce systems to help you sort […]
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 Duration: one hour Overview: Livestock producer co-ops are often interested in owning and operating their own processing plants. On this webinar, we heard the story of one co-op, Cattle Producers of Washington, and their journey to build and operate their own plant, the CPoW […]
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Date: February 25, 2016 Duration: one hour Overview: Small-scale poultry producers are well aware that finding USDA-inspected processing is a big challenge. Very few inspected poultry plants do fee-for-service processing, far fewer than for red meat, largely because it is hard to be profitable. David Schafer, owner […]