WA Meat Up Mobile Butchery Workshops

The Mobile Butcher Truck is Bringing WSU Meat Science Workshops to butchers and meat producers around the state. 

TWO GREAT OPTIONS:

1. Hands-on 3-Day Species Specific Workshops

Learn about the whole process from feeding hogs to cooking chops! We will go over feeding programs, live animal evaluation, harvest, carcass evaluation, carcass breakdown, and creating value-added products. Participants will work in teams to value, purchase, and breakdown a whole hog to maximize value, quality, and palatability. 

Day 1: 12:30pm – 7:00 pm 
- Hog evaluation, mock auction, harvest, & panel on marketing and distribution. 

Day 2: 8:30 am – 7:30 pm 
- Pork fabrication & additional processing, feeding for quality, meat evaluation. 

Day 3: 8:00 am – 1:45 pm 
- Overview of key resources, measuring carcass quality, awards.   

DATES & LOCATIONS

PORK
March 21, 22, 23—Burlington, WA

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LAMB
April 5, 6, 7—Spokane, WA

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BEEF
May 8, 9, 10—Moses Lake, WA 

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2. One Day Demo and Discussion Workshops

Learn and discuss how to support your business viability, profitability, and quality of life through addressing:

1) processing efficiencies 2) consumer preferences 3) consumer communications 4) on-farm practices that affect quality & yield 5) pricing strategies  

Morning Session

• Interactive butchery demo highlighting consumer trends in the NEW WA Meat Up Mobile Butchery Truck! 
• Discussion: how do you maximize value from your animals and improve efficiency to reduce costs
• Discussion: what are consumer preferences and why it matters 

Afternoon Session

• WSDA Grant  & Assistance Opportunities, & Regulatory Q&A
• Discussion: how do you communicate with and keep customers 
• Discussion: what affects meat quality, yield, and value 
• Discussion: does your price reflect your cost of production

FOR PRODUCERS

• March 26 - Sequim 

• March 28 - Deer Park

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FOR PROCESSORS

• March 25 - Sequim 

• March 29 - Deer Park

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More Dates Coming Soon!  Check back here for updates!

Questions?  Contact Sarah at 206-743-4169 or Sarah.Lemon@agr.wa.gov

WEBINAR: Preparing for Round 2 of USDA Grants for Meat Processing

Thursday, September 8, 4-5pm (passed)

WEBINAR RECORDING

See Slide Deck
 
The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) Regional Markets Program and invited presenter hosted a webinar covering available USDA technical assistance opportunities and an upcoming USDA grant for meat processors.  Chris Roper, Regional Technical Assistance Director for the USDA’s new Meat and Poultry Processing Technical Assistance Program (MPPTA), shared a variety of resources for meat processors, and offered some tips to help potential grant applicants prepare. 


THE GOOD MEAT BREAKDOWN
This webinar guided producers on how to better reach customers interested in finding, buying and cooking their products. Hosts Camas Davis and James O’Donnell of the Good Meat Project walked through the biggest points of confusion keeping consumers from buying meat from small, local producers.  They shared tools and strategies to improve marketing and communications.

​Webinar recording (June 27, 2022) HERE

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