Blog posts tagged 'Usda':
The grocery store canât even tell you what *country* their beef & pork is from
March 8th, 2019 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 17,573 times • 1 min read
In 2016, industrial beef companies â who control over 80% of the beef market in the United States â successfully lobbied to remove the Country of Origin Labeling requirements from packaging. In plain English, this means that beef and pork sellers in the United States arenât even required to tell you what country the beef and pork you buy came from. Here's the problem. Everyone selling meat uses stock art photos of small farms and says...
Why I no longer pay attention to labels like âorganicâ
February 5th, 2019 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 12,098 times • 3 min read
It may shock some people, but I no longer pay attention to labels on meat products. For years, Iâve traveled the country meeting with chefs and farmers in search of the worldâs best craft meat, and over and over I hear that labels and certifications aren't meaningful or helpful, and can be abused to misrepresent the truth. The âorganicâ label is a good example. Thanks to the rising popularity of âgrass-fed, grass-finishedâ and âorganicâ...