Fresno State Meat Science Program has been a major part of the Department of Animal Sciences and Agricultural Education at Fresno State for well over 40 years.
Garden City Community College is the longest continuously operating community college in Kansas and has had an animal science program for over 80 years.
Dry aging, whereby storing whole beef carcasses or unpackaged primals/subprimals in a controlled cooler, has been practiced for decades as a traditional butchery process.
When the University of Wisconsin-Madison decided to hold a ceremony to kick off construction for its new Meat Science Building, officials decided on something a little more appropriate — a ham salting ceremony.
