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Blake Evans and Gerald Lessard of Crystal Lake Farms
Cover Story

Crystal Lake Farms' mission: crystal clear

Crystal Lake Farms may produce slow-growth chickens, but it has experienced fast-growing success; its acquisition by West Liberty Foods provides the stimulus to advance its "Better Bird" mission further and even faster.
Andy Hanacek
January 19, 2018
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Crystal Lake Farms already had put together an impressive run of success as retailers and foodservice operators committed to offering slow-growth chicken products — and West Liberty Foods saw an opportunity to add to its portfolio a premium offering, as well as its first retail brand.
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Flock of Chickens
Special Report

2018 Poultry Report: A bird bonanza

Poultry retains its place as a consumer favorite, and the industry continues to produce more chicken and turkey products in response — but price pressures remain real, and new markets must be leveraged for the industry to take the next step.
Elizabeth Christenson Fuhrman
Elizabeth Fuhrman
January 17, 2018
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With a continued growing economy and employment environment, demand for chicken and competing meats will most likely see 2018 build on the success experienced in 2017, says Tom Super, senior vice president of communications for the National Chicken Council (NCC), Washington, D.C.
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Prime Cuts

Shaking up senior dining

Millennials are not the only segment of the consumer population that is shaking up dining trends.
Sam Gazdziak
January 15, 2018
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The perception — and misconception — is that the food at retirement communities and similar facilities has to be bland and boring. The reality, in fact, is that the consumers who are entering this level of housing expect just as much variety as consumer market in general — and the communities are adjusting their menus as a result.
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Paradise Locker Meats Pork

Paradise Meats Farm to Fork Pork

A nationwide farm-to-fork program means that some of the country's most desirable, heritage-breed pork products comes through Paradise Locker Meats.
Sam Gazdziak
December 27, 2017
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Today, Paradise Locker Meats has a line of retail products called Fantasma's Finest, which is gaining brand awareness in the Kansas City area. It also has a farm-to-fork program that supplies natural pork from heritage breeds to discerning customers around the country.


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Concertgoers call for an encore
Cover Story | 2018 Economic Outlook

2018 Meat and Poultry Industry Economic Outlook: Encore! Encore!

The industry hopes for a 2018 follow-up to this year's successful playlist of low feed costs, strong demand, rising prices and solid supply.
Megan Pellegrini
Megan Pellegrini
December 14, 2017
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Ask economists and industry analysts, and many of them will tell you 2017 very well may have been the best year the meat and poultry industries have ever had. Further, many have 2018 projected to be a successful follow-up to 2017's chart-topping string of hits.
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True Story Foods Founders
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True Story Foods: Telling the whole story

Sam Gazdziak
December 13, 2017
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The meat company's name — typically one of the first things a consumer sees on a label — must help to establish not only the brand’s identity, but also its philosophy. True Story Foods, founded in 2011, evokes the type of honesty and transparency that consumers want, just from its name alone.
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