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SUMMARY:CEFS presents the Carolina Meat Conference
DESCRIPTION:Bringing together independent meat producers, processors, 
 buyers and allied professionals for a weekend of workshops, trainings,
  panel discussions and networking to strengthen marketing and processi
 ng opportunities for the region's rapidly growing local meat industry.
   March 25-27, 2011 at the Cabarrus Arena and Event Center in Concord,
  North Carolina\n\nExplore how production and processing practices imp
 act meat quality and marketability.\nEngage in hands-on training to im
 prove carcass utilization, learn artisanal butchery techniques, and de
 velop value-added products.\nLearn about innovative marketing alliance
 s that are expanding the supply of local meat, and\nDiscuss emerging t
 rends and issues, including regulatory compliance, food safety, mobile
  slaughter, pasture management, animal welfare, marketing claims, prod
 uction standards, third party certification and ethics.\nPanel Discuss
 ions, Presentations, and Demonstrations with representatives from NC M
 eat and Poultry Inspection Division, USDA, and NC Cooperative Extensio
 n, as well as North Carolina's best meat producers, processors, butche
 rs, chefs and food entrepreneurs.\n\nHANDS-ON TRAININGS\n\nOptimizing 
 Carcass Utilization: A Training for Commercial Meat\nBeef & Pork Carca
 ss Breakdown for Farmers\nArtisanal Butchery and Whole Animal Utilizat
 ion for Chefs and Foodservice Professionals\nButchery Craft in Your Ho
 me Kitchen for Consumers\n\nPresenters Include: Dr. Gregg Rentfrow, Un
 iversity of Kentucky, Food & Meat Science Tia Harrison, The Butcher's 
 Guild, Owner - Avedanos Meat Market and Executive Chef - Sociale, San 
 Francisco, CA Marissa Guggiana, The Butcher's Guild, President -Sonoma
  Direct Sustainable Meats and Author of Primal Cuts: Cooking with Amer
 ica's Best Butchers Craig Deihl, Executive Chef- Cypress, Charleston, 
 SC Berlin Reed, The Ethical Butcher, Portland, OR KEYNOTE: Scaling the
  Supply of Quality, Local Meats with Mike Lorentz, President, Lorenz M
 eat, Cannon Falls, MN.\n\nFor more information visit http://slowfoodch
 arlotte.org/events/cefs-presents-the-carolina
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110325T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110327T235900
CATEGORIES:education
LOCATION:Cabarrus Event Center
WEBSITE:http://www.ncchoices.com/content/8714
URL:http://www.ncchoices.com/content/8714
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ORGANIZER:CEFS
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