Portland Meat Collective

The Portland Meat Collective aims to inspire more responsible meat production and consumption through experiential education.

[Portland Meat Collective @PDXMeat]

@SFClocal You Central Texans are also lucky because you have the Central Texas Meat Collective at your fingertips! https://t.co/gCYp87GDvY

[Portland Meat Collective @PDXMeat]

@greenegrape @newfoodeconomy "Know your farmer" is suddenly infused with new meaning, no?

[Portland Meat Collective @PDXMeat]

@greenegrape @newfoodeconomy Detrimentally. There are so many regulations (or empty-regulations) that allow meat to be sold as though it were something other than it was. We must be diligent in our questioning, be suspicious of labeling, and just don't eat meat if you don't trust the source.

[Portland Meat Collective @PDXMeat]

@newfoodeconomy Also, take a Meat Collective class! https://t.co/ST9NXPwv2v

[Portland Meat Collective @PDXMeat]

@newfoodeconomy Understand labels and what they do or don't mean. Go directly to the farmer and ask as many questions as possible. Read. Learn. Be suspicious. Figure out where you draw the line. Be willing to not eat meat if you just don't know where that line is for yourself....

[Portland Meat Collective @PDXMeat]

@newfoodeconomy It's unfortunate that this kind of work and the work of more fundamentalist thinkers on this issue can't be seen as part of a long process of cultural and economic reeducation. Alas.

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@newfoodeconomy ...How can we get the latter group to start shifting their thinking and their actions as consumers? Bringing them into the processes, making them see and understand just what factory-farming is all about, helping to see alternative methods for raising better meat is a start.

[Portland Meat Collective @PDXMeat]

@PRButcher @newfoodeconomy Your customers likely want to know more about the process. Video is a great way to show that.

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@PRButcher @newfoodeconomy I think with online stuff, posting a picture of, say, a grass-fed steak, and telling people why it tastes and looks the way it does is helpful. Reminding them that the color and flavor of the fat is an indicator of how it was raised. The words can do the heavy lifting....

[Portland Meat Collective @PDXMeat]

@PRButcher @newfoodeconomy Often helping people understand why a muscle tastes the way it does or needs to be cooked the way it does can be helpful, and you can do that in comparative photographs.

[Portland Meat Collective @PDXMeat]

@PRButcher @newfoodeconomy I always tell butcher shops and meat counters that education is key. If you can do hands-on classes or in-store education or demos of some sort, that's helpful. Make it real for them. Meat porn can often make people more removed from it all.

[Portland Meat Collective @PDXMeat]

@newfoodeconomy Actually inserting yourself into these processes gives you agency. And agency, I believe, allows you to change the systems that get meat to our tables.

[Portland Meat Collective @PDXMeat]

@newfoodeconomy Learning as much as you can about the myriad processes that bring meat to your table (both within the industrial context as well as more regenerative contexts) necessarily changes how much meat you eat, if you even choose to eat it, and who you source it from.

[Portland Meat Collective @PDXMeat]

https://t.co/ZYJqX9F7Vh We've added new classes to our lineup! Sign up now. https://t.co/3Kby5LGXFM

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https://t.co/1Mo3Bygfte Our new class schedule is up! Sign up before classes sell out!

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1/2 Today we're with @Hank_Shaw & @PDXMeat Collective learning about butchering game meat.

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https://t.co/Kdr0K16Toy Join us for classes before the season ends! https://t.co/rs4N8qSnbY

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Join us for a 2-day class. Learn how to transform a whole pig into sausage, pate, porchetta, ham, pancetta & more. https://t.co/lndzwQlStr