Renetta Cooper, business development director for Kerry ingredients and flavors, explains about the complementary aspects of traditional and clean-label methods for shelf life extension.

James Davidson is chief commercial officer for Tennessee-based green packaging manufacturer Genera Inc.

In this interview, he discusses the benefits that using green packaging materials can offer meat and poultry processors as well as how adopting green packaging meshes with companies' sustainability goals.

The National Provisioner sits down for a conversation with Sloan Rinaldi, founder of Texas Q and a fourth-generation Texas pitmaster. Rinaldi was in the top three on the most recent season of Netflix's "Barbecue Showdown."

Michael Schafer, commercial business lead at Vermont Smoke & Cure, sits down with us to discuss poultry-based snacks and popular category flavors.

John Clear is a senior director in the consumer and retail group of global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal and co-author of the report, "Accelerate your Private Brand Journey to win with Customers and shareholders."

In this podcast, he shares insights on how private-label products are delivering value-added innovation.

For meat and poultry processors making fully cooked or partially cooked value-added proteins, handling the associated fats, oils, and grease that result from the production process can be a costly issue to address.

Greasezilla offers processors an innovative approach for treatment and disposal of these production byproducts. In this podcast, Greasezilla senior executive and business founder Brian Levine discusses the benefits processors can achieve through adopting the technology.

Dr. David Buckley is a principal scientist with Diversey’s Global Research and Development Innovation Team. In addition to this role, he serves as an adjunct faculty member at Clemson University, is vice chairman of the Food Hygiene and Sanitation PDG at IAFP, and is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Food Protection. 

In this interview, Buckley details the threat avian influenza poses to processors and shares steps they can incorporate to minimize their risk and exposure to the disease.