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The city of Asheville, N.C., is a place where culinary creativity runs wild. Much of that is in the form of alcohol – there may be more craft breweries per capita in Asheville than any other city. 

Economist Dan Basse says beef, corn prices will move higher over the next several years.

During a year when consumers moved toward a more normal state of life, foodservice beef sales recalibrated to higher levels that are more typical of the industry, and online grocery beef purchases grew. 

For consumers of meat, poultry and seafood products, convenience still sells, and concerns about sustainability remain strong. 

We want to hear from you! Andy Hanacek, Editor-in-Chief of The National Provisioner, asks for reader feedback in regards to our industry coverage and new eMagazine.

Every year at this time, I pore over the CDC reports on foodborne outbreaks, FDA and FSIS recalls, death certificates from the CDC database, and more, looking for trends to see where we have been over the last 12 months and try to get a glimmer of where we are headed.

When I wrote this column last year, I had certainly hoped the difficult situation brought on to all of us from the COVID-19 pandemic would be long behind us. As we all know, we’re not quite there yet.

COVID-19 continues to disrupt expected patterns in the meat and poultry industry.