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Ontario Pork has taken the lead in working with farmers, retailers and processors to determine the level of marbling consumers want, evaluate different swine genetics and feeding regimens and assess the quality and consistency of carcasses. 
I had been a part of an annual food writer tour run by AGCare and the Ontario Farm Animal Council of a farm in the Ottawa area that raises chickens destined for KFC, aka Kentucky Fried Chicken. I wrote about what I heard, saw and experienced that day – and posted a few photos of our visit. Continue reading A KFC chicken post follow up Normally, when I go grocery shopping, I approach the whole experience a bit like a military mission – with focus, list in hand and plan in mind to get in and out as quickly and painlessly as possible. Several weeks ago, I was a bit less rushed than usual at the supermarket, so I had a bit of time to slow down and observe what was going on around me. What I noticed intrigued me and stuck in my mind over the next few visits. Continue reading Pondering fresh meat’s future In a society where less than two percent of the population farms, there’s a real knowledge gap when it comes to food. It exists on many levels – nutrition and preparation come to mind – but especially on the production and origins end. So it’s no surprise that one of the main missions of many in agriculture today is to talk to people about how food is produced and where it comes from. This is all relatively simple and straightforward when we are talking about fruits, vegetables and field crops. It’s not even that complicated with milk and eggs. But meat is another story. Continue reading Do we or don’t we talk about it?
They recently announced tough new measures that now require Canadian companies that produce ready to eat meats to disassemble and aggressively clean their meat slicers to check for listeria. Continue reading The double standard on listeria
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Consumers are looking for the full flavour of marbled pork and work is now underway to bring such products to the Ontario market.
One of the most read posts on this blog continues to be one that I wrote about a year and a half ago, called 
How serious is the government really about protecting consumers in wake of the listeria outbreak that has been plaguing Canada? Right now, I’m not convinced they really mean it.
We’ve probably all heard or read the urban myth about Kentucky Fried Chicken – chickens raised in dark cages with bodies so large their legs can’t support them. Or even worse, the meat doesn’t actually come from birds but is somehow grown due to the magic of science.