Backpacking foods startup company Heather’s Choice received it’s USDA Grant of Inspection on June 11, 2018. This will allow the company to begin storing, processing, and selling USDA approved proteins, including beef, chicken, and pork. Heather’s Choice, now in its fourth year of operation, produces dehydrated meals and snacks for backcountry adventurers. Their popular just add water meals have historically featured exotic game meats such as venison, quail, antelope, and grass-fed bison. Now, the company can begin producing recipes that feature more affordable and readily available meats like grass-fed beef, pastured raised chicken, and pork.
“One of the big hurdles we’ve faced as a business is that we’ve been limited to the types of animal proteins we can use in our meals,” said founder Heather Kelly. “This is going to allow us to source Alaskan-raised beef, chicken, and pork. With that, we’re going to be able to supply people with more healthy, delicious, high-protein meals for the backcountry.”