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On July 1st, we passed an important milestone. It was July 1, 2008 – nine years ago – that Joel and i took over T&E Meats and began operations. Seems like that was back in the stone age, it was so long ago, and there have been so many changes. And so much growth – […]
The following article appeared in the Harrisonburg Daily News record a few days ago. We appreciate the recognition: Auction Pigs Head To W.Va. Flood Victims By TONY BROWN Daily News-Record – August 18, 2016 HARRISONBURG These little piggies cried free-free-free all the way to West Virginia. Two pigs that will be auctioned off Friday at […]
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If there is one thing for certain about working in a meat plant, you are never bored! Animal agriculture brings new things every day. In mid-June, it was our first Alpaca, seen here in the barn. While alpacas and llamas are a part of what’s for dinner in South America and a few other places […]
T&E Meats is thrilled to launch our new website today! The site is chock-full of information about the services we offer, the support we provide, the meat processing industry, profiles of our farmers and producers, and where to buy local meats. The new T&E Meats website was launched with financial support provided by an ACRES […]
The Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network publishes a series of articles for small-scale processors, and T&E owner, Joe Cloud, was featured in their October interview. He discusses his approach to hiring, training, and retaining employees. You can read the article and download the PDF here.
The NYT challenged readers to submit a 600-word essay answering the question “Why is it Ethical to Eat Meat. Entries were due by April 8, 2012. They commissioned 5 judges—Peter Singer, Michael Pollan, Mark Bittman, Jonathan Safran Foer and Andrew Light—all of whom question or attack the idea of eating meat. The prize – […]
I was recently reading the comments to an on-line article about the ethics of meat-eating. What follows is my response to the comment “What we need are place-based, not plant-based, diets.” I couldn’t have said it better, and so I wrote: “I eat animals because I like them. I like their meat, and I like […]
T&E Meats was recently featured in the San Francisco Chronicle’s SF Gate. Here’s an excerpt: Cloud was lured to this underappreciated link in the local food chain by Joel Salatin, the hyperarticulate farmer made famous by UC Berkeley’s Michael Pollan and the film “Food, Inc.” Salatin was worried about the Harrisonburg plant, T&E Meats, which […]
T&E Meats co-owner Joe Cloud is a regular blogger at The Atlantic. His latest post is titled, “The Fight to Save Small-Scale Slaughterhouses”. An excerpt: Picture an hourglass and you’ll understand the sustainable meat crisis: there are plenty of willing consumers out there, and there are more and more farmers looking to “meat” that consumer […]
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