Meat & Poultry

A set of commitments announced by Walmart today focus on minimizing the impacts of some of the most high-impact products on the market: Palm oil and beef. These two products are among the leading causes of deforestation around the world, and Walmart hopes to essentially eliminate the negative impacts of its purchases of those products. …

A cooperative of local farmers have come up with a way to overcome a shortage of New York processors: They plan to build a 5,000-head custom processing plant in Madison County. …

Acre Station Meat Farm is a unique family-owned business based in Terra Ceia, but its more than that. Its a local business competing against the Food Lions and Piggly Wigglys grocery-store chains with more resources. …

Updating holiday menus doesn’t have to mean out with the old and in with the new. Having a bit of fun by mixing up seasonal flavors can reinvigorate comfortable family classics while still evoking cozy memories of holidays past. This is good news for the eight out of 10 people who described their 2009 holiday meals as “predictable,” according to the National Pork Board’s “Holiday Table Trends 2010” survey. To help inspire twists on traditional dishes and break free from holiday predictability, celebrity chef Michael Symon has created pork pairings inspired by the survey results. …

Open the door on a certain cooler at a Sweetbay grocery store and you’ll likely find something new for dinner: Goat. …