meat

In western Wyoming, some hunters drive four hours roundtrip to bring their harvest to a wild game processor. Now, there’s a new guy in town, and he’s staying busy.

A national ad campaign aims to take advantage of the current protein craze and bolster U.S. pork consumption.

The consumer price index for March showed grocery prices are up 2% from last year, with tomatoes, lettuce, and nonalcoholic beverages leading the way.

Drought conditions in parts of the South and Midwest have caused ranchers to shrink cattle herds. That’s one factor pushing cattle prices higher recently.

We talked to two Albuquerque tamale makers about handling their costs and gearing up for the festive seasonal push.

The FDA has approved a chicken product grown this way by California-based company Good Meat. It’s only the second company to get that agency’s green light.

One rancher in the Pacific Northwest built her own supply chain to control how her cows get to market.

Not the farmers.

The pandemic exposed weakness in the United States’ meat processing infrastructure. Now, there’s interest in boosting capacity at the local level.

Consumers are seeing rising prices for food, particularly beef, pork and poultry. That’s forcing some to shift their eating habits.