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Ep. 244: Shifting political fault lines
Dec 29, 2025
37m 37s
Ep. 243: Processors, technology and the enemy at the gates
Dec 22, 2025
29m 44s
Ep. 242: Chairman of the (charcuterie) board
Dec 15, 2025
32m 49s
Ep 241: High-flying discussions meet on-the-ground execution
Dec 8, 2025
27m 20s
Ep: 240 — So what exactly is regenerative agriculture?
Dec 1, 2025
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 12/29/25 | ![]() Ep. 244: Shifting political fault lines✨ | politicsanimal agriculture+3 | Hannah Thompson-Weeman | Animal Agriculture Alliance | — | political fault linesanimal agriculture+3 | — | 37m 37s | |
| 12/22/25 | ![]() Ep. 243: Processors, technology and the enemy at the gates | The machines in a meat processing plant are getting ever more sophisticated, efficient and programmable — but hacking them can be as easy as sending an email. Cyber attacks on companies, especially manufacturers, are picking up speed and food companies are a favorite target for bad actors looking to make high-profile trouble or arrange a ransomware payday. Paul Kafer of Anabasis Consulting has been writing and advising on how to manage that electronic portal for hackers for years. In most cas... | 29m 44s | ||||||
| 12/15/25 | ![]() Ep. 242: Chairman of the (charcuterie) board | Jeff “Trip” Tripician has played in nearly every sandbox in the meat industry: Conventional animal proteins to claims-based brands, the meat industry’s bleeding edge of technology — cultivated meat — to, most recently, a step back in time as CEO of Charcuterie Artisans. In this position, Tripician oversees the storied Daniele and Creminelli brands of salumi and charcuterie. Charcuterie is exploding as a consumer category, spurred on by beautiful images of assembled charcuterie boards on Insta... | 32m 49s | ||||||
| 12/8/25 | ![]() Ep 241: High-flying discussions meet on-the-ground execution | Sustainability in the meat supply chain is everybody’s business, and everybody needs to do their part to move the industry forward in this regard. Coordinating the efforts of every link in the domestic poultry chain, from feed to final sale, is the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs. This group organizes the discussions — and ultimately the agreements — among more than 100 members, ranging from the Environmental Defense Fund to Cargill to Jollibee. Executive director Ryan Benn... | 27m 20s | ||||||
| 12/1/25 | ![]() Ep: 240 — So what exactly is regenerative agriculture? | Regenerative agriculture is more than just a lot of syllables. The term is tossed around more and more often along the food supply chain, but what does that really look like on a day to day basis, for food producers and processors. Diestel Family Ranch in Northern California is an enthusiastic proponent of regenerative agriculture. Heidi Diestel joins us today on MeatingPod to discuss what the company actually does that is regenerative, and how that affects the business, and the quality of th... | 31m 13s | ||||||
| 11/24/25 | ![]() Ep. 239: The 12-months-a-year turkey | It’s the time of year when turkey is, understandably, top of mind, but of course turkey protein has worked its way into our year-round diets, in the form of turkey burgers, deli slices, turkey bacon and the like. So the issues facing the turkey supply chain are front and center for consumers every day often in the form of higher prices. Dr. Lindy Froebel is the still-new senior vice president of science and policy for the National Turkey Federation. She joins MeatingPod today to parse the cha... | 23m 58s | ||||||
| 11/17/25 | ![]() Ep. 238: Editors' roundtable — Beef exports in perspective | Domestic beef prices are certainly a headache, but the U.S. beef supply chain is losing ground in global markets, as well. The culprits are a combination of supply-and-demand economics — and politics. And in the 21st century, other countries, like Brazil, that have nurtured their meat industries over time are stepping up to fill the void in a way they never did before. Today on MeatingPod, we parse out the challenges that are present and the opportunities that are coming for the U.S. beef ind... | 34m 09s | ||||||
| 11/10/25 | ![]() Ep. 237: How to play the long capex game | Planning ahead properly for major capital investments faces many barriers, from day-to-day challenges that make it hard to focus on long-term horizons to the shiny new technologies rolled out at trade shows that promise labor savings and soaring profitability. Proper long-term planning needs focused attention, air and space, and the right people in the room from the beginning, Judson Armentrout says. The founder and principal consultant with Building Block Solutions has guided many protein pr... | 41m 52s | ||||||
| 11/3/25 | ![]() Ep. 236: 2026 in global poultry — up, down and sideways | If chicken processors feel like the rope in a game of tug-of-war, they have good reason. Prices are historically high, but that may not last. Trade disputes are a big unknown for poultry exports. And colder weather in the Northern Hemisphere already is ushering in new outbreaks of HPAI across the globe. Nan-Dirk Mulder is a senior global specialist for animal protein with RaboResearch in the Netherlands. He also is the author of its quarterly outlook for the poultry industry. Nan-Dirk doesn’t... | 19m 11s | ||||||
| 10/27/25 | ![]() Ep. 235: The 21st century meat plant | As storied as the history of the meat business is in the United States, the “old ways” are falling by the wayside now. They are being replaced by technology and training. Meanwhile, the meat industry’s workforce also is seeing upheaval. While traditional sources of labor are coming under fire, processors also are having trouble finding a new breed of employee, who can manage the electronics that are filling up the space in the once-humble meat plant. In this episode of MeatingPod, the editors... | 27m 49s | ||||||
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| 10/20/25 | ![]() Ep. 234: Turkey’s wild ride | The economics of the turkey market are changing. HPAI and other diseases have tightened supplies but prices are down. And decades-long annual sales cycles seem to have been permanently altered by the pandemic’s effects on social gatherings — but ground product isn’t picking up the slack. As the holiday season, and holiday meals, draw closer on the calendar, Mark Jordan of LEAP Analytics joins MeatingPod to help make sense of this fast-changing market, with an eye on what to expect in 20... | 27m 26s | ||||||
| 10/13/25 | ![]() Ep. 233: How to move from 'passion' to 'business' | It seems a time comes when a meatcutter or rancher wants to take their passion for feeding their communities to a new level, and start up a processing plant. Most of them will need the advice and guidance of someone like David Zarling. The food manufacturing and operations consultant, and program manager for the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network of Oregon State University Extension, has for years led enthusiastic but financially naive meat pros to adopt what he calls a “manufacturing mi... | 34m 08s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 | ![]() Ep. 232: Out with the Birdbath Water | Every pound a broiler chick puts on up to market distribution uses a gallon of water. Multiply that by the nearly 10 billion birds produced in the U.S. each year — predominantly in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states — and that’s a small lake’s worth of H2O. Much of that is the byproduct of processing, and managing that nutrient- and solids-dense water sustainably and economically is a priority for the entire poultry supply chain. Auburn University’s Brendan Higgins has been stu... | 32m 59s | ||||||
| 9/29/25 | ![]() Ep. 231: Trust sells | Most U.S. companies have stopped talking about their DEI initiatives, corporate social responsibility and sustainability efforts. Nevertheless, sustainability, in particular, remains a vital part of food companies’ relationships with their customers and end consumers. Pursuing greater sustainability and communicating those programs authentically are key steps to fostering consumer trust, and as Nancy Himmelfarb puts it, “trust sells.” She joins MeatingPod for a wide-ranging discussion o... | 32m 55s | ||||||
| 9/22/25 | ![]() Ep. 230: See it differently — Kim Stackhouse-Lawson on beef supply chain sustainability now | Processors’ efforts to understand and meet the array of 21st century standards for “sustainability” may feel overwhelming, but Colorado State Animal Science Prof. Kim Stackhouse-Lawson boils it down: The foundation of sustainability is simply efficiency — something the entire supply chain has gotten good at. Stackhouse-Lawson, also the director of Colorado State’s AgNext food and ag sustainability research collaborative, joins MeatingPod to discuss the complexities of advancing sustainability... | 30m 34s | ||||||
| 9/15/25 | ![]() Ep 229: Stats to story: How Archer turns data into shelf space | Meat snacks and sticks, particularly in the better-for-you market space, are soaring in popularity, but not all brands are benefitting the same way. Archer has reached aggressively across distribution channels with statistics that not only tell the obvious story — “stock us, we’re better” — but also educates retail buyers on exactly how the meat snack category performs for them vis-a-vis competitors and what they can do to boost their sell-through, as Archer’s Vice President of Marketing Andr... | 32m 07s | ||||||
| 9/8/25 | ![]() Ep. 228: Moving targets — How Glenn Valley Foods managed the aftermath of a devastating ICE raid | Would your plant — or your company — survive the overnight disappearance of more than half of your operations workforce? Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha did, after an ICE raid in June. In a conversation with Meatingplace Editor-in-chief Tom Johnston, Glenn Valley President Chad Hartmann tells the inside story of the raid and what the company did in the days and weeks that followed that got it back on its feet. And Hartmann issues a warning: Any processor, big or small, could be next. | 33m 20s | ||||||
| 9/4/25 | ![]() Ep. 227: A legal game of chicken, Part 2 | What goes into the decision to fight — or settle — accusations of price-fixing and collusion? The calculation is different for each company, but the fallout of the antitrust cases filed against meat and poultry processors still rains on the industry, and will do so for years. Meatingplace News Editor Chris Moore joins MeatingPod for the second episode of a deep dive into the raft of antitrust cases filed against processors over the last nine years. In this installment, we tackle the hid... | 19m 53s | ||||||
| 9/1/25 | ![]() Ep. 226: A legal game of chicken, Part 1 | For nearly a decade, processors of all types of meat have been hauled into court on allegations of price-fixing and other types of collusion. The legalities are complex — and expensive. Most companies are choosing to settle before the case gets to trial. A notable exception is Wayne-Sanderson, which was just Sanderson Farms when a jury handed the company a victory in late 2023. Meatingplace News Editor Chris Moore joins MeatingPod for a two-episode, deep dive into these antitrust cases, and t... | 17m 45s | ||||||
| 8/25/25 | ![]() Ep. 225: Whither pork in 2025? | Pork is enjoying a moment in the sun, after a bumpy post-pandemic ride. Affordable feed and expensive beef are fueling demand for the red meat, even as upheaval around tariffs and the offsetting changes in the value of the US dollar work to sow uncertainty in the market. In this MeatingPod episode, Mark Jordan, executive director and senior livestock economist for LEAP Market Analytics, discusses these and many other factors that are steering the U.S. pork market into the second half of 2025. | 20m 31s | ||||||
| 8/18/25 | ![]() Ep. 224: On the ground with AAMP | The annual convention of the American Assn. of Meat Processors tends to be more of a friends-and-family-type gathering than most other meat industry meetings, but the issues tackled over those days are as large as any processor faces. In this episode of MeatingPod, Meatingplace Managing Editor Peter Ricci introduces two interviews he did on-site at the 2025 AAMP convention, diving deep into the challenges faced by the sector’s small, often family-owned meat processing companies. | 28m 25s | ||||||
| 8/11/25 | ![]() Ep. 223: Wrap it up — Packaging is the fastest way to land a sustainability message | Consumers often say they would buy more meat and poultry if they knew it was more sustainable. At the same time, nearly as many shoppers say they don’t know exactly what steps protein companies have taken to improve sustainability. One of the fastest ways to get a sustainability message to customers and consumers is through the packaging that’s around the product. Research in sustainable packaging is exploding with new technologies, as our guest, Dr. Eva Almenar of Michigan State’s School of ... | 30m 42s | ||||||
| 8/4/25 | ![]() Ep. 222: AI, HPAI, UPFs and salmonella — The poultry business at mid-year | It’s mid-2025, and the poultry complex has had a tough first half. But, the next months look brighter, as Dr. Ashley Peterson notes in today’s MeatingPod episode. The senior vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs for the National Chicken Council tells us how broiler producers can find federal aid to install new technologies to fight HPAI. She also explains how the association will jump into the just-launched national discourse on ultra-processed foods. And looking ahead, Ashley a... | 28m 33s | ||||||
| 7/28/25 | ![]() Ep. 221: Consumers embrace meat again — but don’t fall too much in love | Good old-fashioned meat from livestock is enjoying renewed popularity, a shift in the zeitgeist fueled by consumers’ demand for simpler, more natural, and less- or unprocessed food products. Add to that a social backlash against plant-based meat substitutes, and a renewed connection in people’s minds between meat and masculinity. Meat advocates and companies no doubt are enjoying the break from years of unrelenting criticism. But don’t get too comfortable. According to MeatingPod guest Kevin ... | 25m 42s | ||||||
| 7/20/25 | ![]() Ep. 220: Its mid-2025 — Do you know where your alt-meats are? | After a white-knuckle first half of the year, the meat alternatives sector stares down the rest of calendar 2025 from a position of retail weakness. Sales trends that seemed poised to turn positive again at the end of last year, didn’t materialize, and dour consumer sentiment could easily drown other, more optimistic economic indicators. Chris DuBois, Circana’s executive vice president and Perimeter Practice Leader, once again brings his insights to MeatingPod, discussing what’s happened so f... | 29m 36s | ||||||
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