TAKE a look in any supermarket retail chilled cabinet, and it's evident that value-added meat products are rapidly soaking up space previously devoted to basic chilled, packaged beef and lamb.
Around the world, time-poor householders are increasingly looking at more convenient heat-and-serve and ready-to-eat meals.
One of the pioneers in the value-added further processing industry in Australia, David Beak, sits down with the Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan this week.
His Sydney-based food manufacturing business, Beak & Johnston, employs 1200 staff, and is in the process of opening an enormous new state-of the-art facility to keep up with booming domestic and international demand.
What does it mean for the Australian beef and lamb industries?
As an aside, David has a close family connection with pastoral industry legends, the Vestey family, and recounts some of his memories with Kerry.
S3 Ep3: Veteran Saleyards Market Reporter, Murray Arnel
S3 Ep2: MLA managing director Jason Strong
S3 Ep1: Cattle market update, with Chris Howie & Matt Dalgleish
S2 Ep40: Carbon neutral beef brand program pioneer, James Madden
S2 Ep39: Cattle market update, with Chris Howie & Matt Dalgleish
S2 Ep38 - MLA’s Corporate Chef Sam Burke
S2 Ep37: Downs lotfeeder David Brown, and BeefEX attendees
S2 Ep36: The changing face of the ag finance sector, with NAB’s Khan Horne
S2 Ep35: McDonald’s global head of beef procurement, Andrew Brazier
S2 Ep34: Cattle market update, with Chris Howie & Matt Dalgleish
S2 Ep33: Aussie agtech innovations - Farmbot and Optiweigh
S2 Ep 32: Water and dam construction advocate, John Cotter
S2 EP31: Australian Cattle Vets president, Tracy Sullivan
S2 Ep 30: Independent meat & livestock analyst Simon Quilty
S2 Ep 29: Genetics innovator Tom Bull
S2 Ep 28: Red meat industry’s R&D challenge, with MLA’s Mick Crowley
S2 Ep 27: Beef chef and social media sensation, Andy Hearnden
S2 Ep 26: Low Stress Stock Handling co-founder, Jim Lindsay
S2 Ep 25: QLD Livestock Exporters Association president, Greg Pankhurst
S2 Ep 24: NTCA President, David Connolly
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