It was around the year 1900 that my great-grandparents left Poland to find their way in the New World. They joined thousands of Europeans who came to the United States around the turn of the 20th Century. I never thought that I would ever have the chance to go back to the land of my ancestors. However, In November 2018, just such an opportunity presented itself, and I traveled to Warsaw in order to learn about the European meat industry.
I was invited to Poland by the Union of Producers and Employers of Meat Industry. UPEMI is a professional organization that promotes the quality of European beef and pork. The professional organization is headquartered in Poland and, in one of its projects, supports companies in Europe looking for opportunities to export meat to North America.The purpose of this trip was to bring together media and food industry experts from the United States and Canada and processors from Poland.