In this final episode, Bob Langert, former vice president over sustainability initiatives at McDonald’s and author of “The Battle to do Good: Inside McDonald’s Sustainability Journey,” discusses the impact of social media on Corporate America’s ability to define its responsibilities to society. And, he shares some “hard-knock nuggets” of advice for businesses trying to navigate the disruption caused by social media.

The North American Meat Institute has ambitious goals to develop a globally recognized animal welfare standard.

The professional carnivore discusses why he started his new venture to show off the world of meat.

Dakota Provisions went big after the company chose to create its first line of consumer products under the Dakota 44 brand. MEAT+POULTRY caught up with Renee Robertson, senior marketing manager of Dakota 44, to get up to speed on a brand that aims to bring more than turkey to consumers’ tables.

In this episode of the MEAT+POULTRY Podcast, Managing Editor Kimberlie Clyma details her experience at the Women in Agribusiness Summit she attended Sept. 25-27 in Minneapolis.

Randy Blach, CEO of CattleFax, was a featured speaker at the Certified Angus Beef Annual Conference held in Asheville, North Carolina, and he took a few minutes to share with MEAT+POULTRY his observations of the trends and issues affecting the meat and poultry industry.

SuKarne, a multinational processor based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, continues to grow its business around Latin America and now is making a big push into the US market. It’s one of the reasons why the company is the subject of MEAT+POULTRY’s September cover story.

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., the world’s leading authority on livestock handling and professor of animal science at Colorado State Univ., recently visited Cargill Protein’s new Headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, to commemorate the company’s progress in animal handling.