Overview
Foodservice offers a growing market segment for pork and pork products. U.S. consumers spend nearly 50 percent of their total food expenditures on food consumed away from home. The United States has more than 935,000 foodservice eating establishments. April 2008 . . . Foodservice Pork
- Pork Marketing Alternatives, Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA), 2004 - This study explains alternative marketing methods, such as direct, niche or organic-labeled pork.
- Larry Cizek, Director, Culinary & Niche Market Development, National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa. Phone: 515-223-2600, Fax: 515-223-2646, Email: Lcizek@pork.org - Responsible for existing culinary chef and school foodservice programs and the development of niche marketing opportunities.
- Commodity Purchase Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA - This site has a link to the AMS Selling Kit, which details how to sell pork to USDA.
- Direct and Local Meat Marketing, Decision Aids to Determine Budgets and Carcass Yields of Pork, University of Kentucky - These online tools provide producers a way to calculate costs and potential carcass yields.
- Fresh Cut Pork Distribution Summary, Leopold Center and Center for Transportation Research and Education, Iowa State University, 2007 - This document summarizes the amount and value of fresh cut pork that annually moves through the U.S. food distribution system.
- Pork Group Announces Four New Pork Cuts, National Pork Board, 2006 - Pork breast is on of four new cuts being promoted by the industry.
- Preparation Tips, Solutions for the Food Service Industry, National Pork Board.
- Adding Value to Pork Production, Niman Ranch Pork Company, Thornton, Iowa - Sells pork directly to consumers, restaurants and markets across the country.
- Eden Farms, a coalition of independent family farmers established in 1998, is the largest American supplier of certified Berkshire pork. The Berkshire lineage has been known for high-quality meat for more than 350 years. Not only is Berkshire always tender, juicy and flavorful, but Eden Farms Berkshire hogs are raised in a healthy, environmentally friendly way. Eden Farms’ producers are committed to a strict code of responsible and humane husbandry.
- Indiana Venture Links Producers, Urban Chefs, Market to Market, Iowa Public Television, 2003 - An Indiana venture is linking small-scale pork production with urban chefs.
- Joe Huber Family Farm, of Starlight, Indiana, outside of Louisville, markets homegrown products from its own farm market, gift shop and restaurant. The restaurant serves homemade food featuring Huber Honey Ham, country ham and pork chops.
- Practical Farmers of Iowa Grocery and Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Study, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Field to Family Project, 2000 - This study was completed to quantify the potential of the hotel, restaurant and institution market and the potential benefits to producers.
- Snake River Farms - This Boise, Idaho-based business sells American kurobuta pork, which is 100 percent pure all-natural Berkshire pork.
Links checked February 2008.