Tag: meat processing
Interested in starting a meat processing business? Whether you’re early in your research, planning to open a new plant, or expanding an existing operation, explore our blog for practical information, real-world guidance, and stories of hardworking Americans who are getting after it.
At Friesla, we’re helping farmers, ranchers, and entrepreneurs build independent meat processing businesses in communities across the country. Explore our resources on starting a meat processing business, the basics of meat processing, USDA inspection requirements, available grants and funding opportunities, and other practical information on building and running a successful operation.
The livestock harvest-to-package process can seem a little mysterious: an animal goes in, boxes of meat come out—but what does this look like inside a…
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Posted March 29, 2024
Handling Wastewater in a Small Meat Processing Plant
Meat harvest, fabrication, packaging, and sanitization generates waste byproducts: from bones to blood, heads, hides, inedibles, offal, and wastewater. In another blog post, we covered…
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Posted January 31, 2024
Creating Value-Added Products from Waste in Small Meat Processing Facilities
If you’ve considered starting a local meat processing business, you’ve likely thought, “But what will I do with all of the waste?” Rendering—the process of…
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Posted December 12, 2023
Where Does Beef Come From? Part 2: Processing & Distribution
In Part 1, we went through how beef is raised and finished, but what happens after that? We’re glad you asked, because while we’re deeply…
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Posted December 11, 2023
Where Does Beef Come From? Part 1: Breeding, Raising & Finishing
In the United States, the beef production process starts on farms and ranches across the country. How does that beef get from pasture to plate—or…
Read More
Posted October 2, 2023
Client Story: The Meating Place
The Meating Place is helping bring back the tradition of independent butcher shops that were once staples in communities across America. Consumers had access to…
Read More
Posted August 28, 2023
Why Meat Processors Need A Robust Humane Handling Program
Animal welfare is a hot topic in today’s agricultural economy—and for good reason. Humane animal handling is a moral venture and carries high cultural expectations:…
Read More
Posted August 23, 2023
USDA Announces $123 Million to Expand Meat & Poultry Processing
USDA Rural Development announced the availability of $123 million in grant funding for meat processors through Phase 2 of the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion…
Read More
Posted August 8, 2023
Client Story: MTXBeef
MTXBeef started over a COVID-era cocktail and a campfire. It was spring 2020. The pandemic had hit. Nestled in the rolling Texas Hill Country—west of…
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Posted August 1, 2023
Client Story: The Producer Partnership
Think that opening a meat processing plant during a pandemic might be tough? Try starting the first nonprofit, federally-inspected meat processing plant in the United…
Read More
Interested in starting a meat processing business? Whether you’re early in your research, planning to open a new plant, or expanding an existing operation, explore our blog for practical information, real-world guidance, and stories of hardworking Americans who are getting after it.
At Friesla, we’re helping farmers, ranchers, and entrepreneurs build independent meat processing businesses in communities across the country. Explore our resources on starting a meat processing business, the basics of meat processing, USDA inspection requirements, available grants and funding opportunities, and other practical information on building and running a successful operation.
The livestock harvest-to-package process can seem a little mysterious: an animal goes in, boxes of meat come out—but what does this look like inside a…
Posted March 29, 2024
Handling Wastewater in a Small Meat Processing Plant
Meat harvest, fabrication, packaging, and sanitization generates waste byproducts: from bones to blood, heads, hides, inedibles, offal, and wastewater. In another blog post, we covered…
Posted January 31, 2024
Creating Value-Added Products from Waste in Small Meat Processing Facilities
If you’ve considered starting a local meat processing business, you’ve likely thought, “But what will I do with all of the waste?” Rendering—the process of…
Posted December 12, 2023
Where Does Beef Come From? Part 2: Processing & Distribution
In Part 1, we went through how beef is raised and finished, but what happens after that? We’re glad you asked, because while we’re deeply…
Posted December 11, 2023
Where Does Beef Come From? Part 1: Breeding, Raising & Finishing
In the United States, the beef production process starts on farms and ranches across the country. How does that beef get from pasture to plate—or…
Posted October 2, 2023
Client Story: The Meating Place
The Meating Place is helping bring back the tradition of independent butcher shops that were once staples in communities across America. Consumers had access to…
Posted August 28, 2023
Why Meat Processors Need A Robust Humane Handling Program
Animal welfare is a hot topic in today’s agricultural economy—and for good reason. Humane animal handling is a moral venture and carries high cultural expectations:…
Posted August 23, 2023
USDA Announces $123 Million to Expand Meat & Poultry Processing
USDA Rural Development announced the availability of $123 million in grant funding for meat processors through Phase 2 of the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion…
Posted August 8, 2023
Client Story: MTXBeef
MTXBeef started over a COVID-era cocktail and a campfire. It was spring 2020. The pandemic had hit. Nestled in the rolling Texas Hill Country—west of…
Posted August 1, 2023
Client Story: The Producer Partnership
Think that opening a meat processing plant during a pandemic might be tough? Try starting the first nonprofit, federally-inspected meat processing plant in the United…