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Meat and Poultry Producers Lean In to Provide Food for Families in Pandemic
Mar 19, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today said meat and poultry producers are leaning in to continue efforts to meet the global demand for meat under difficult circumstances.
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Annual Meat Conference Exhibitors Donate More Than 28,000 Pounds of Meat & Poultry Products to Nashville Food Project
Mar 5, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – Exhibitors at the Annual Meat Conference , co-hosted by FMI, The Food Industry Association and the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute), this week in Nashville, Tennessee, donated 28,000 pounds of meat and poultry products to The Nashville Food Project , a nonprofit that seeks to increase access to healthy foods in homeless and working poor communities across Davidson County, Tennessee.
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Meat Institute Signs MOU with the British Meat Processors Association
Feb 24, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – With trade negotiations set to begin between the United States and the United Kingdom, the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) to benefit members of each organization and to support and promote mutually beneficial regulations, standards and policies to enhance bilateral trade in meat and poultry products.
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Mighty Earth’s Mighty Miss
By NAMI On August 3, 2017
This week the environmental activist group Mighty Earth issued a report titled “Mystery Meat II: The Industry Behind the Quiet Destruction of the American Heartland,” which seeks to blame the meat industry for any real or perceived environmental impact it can find... read more
Lessons on Processed Meat and Cancer
By Eric Mittenthal On May 8, 2017
It is rare that I sit in a session at a conference and am riveted by the entire presentation. But that was the case when David Klurfeld, Ph.D., USDA’s National Program Leader for Human Nutrition in the Agricultural Research Service, spoke at our recent Meat Industry... read more
What Happens When You Tell People to Stop Eating Meat
By NAMI On December 27, 2016
What happens when you tell people to stop eating meat? They get mad! And why wouldn’t they? Meat is both delicious and nutrient dense. In 2016, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans confirmed once again that meat can play a key role as part of a healthy diet... read more