Evan Inada, Columbus Craft Meats, talks with Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief of The National Provisioner, about the ways in which charcuterie has grown over the years and how it is driving new customers to the deli today.

AUSTIN, Texas -- As part of the Meat Institute's 2024 ProteinPACT event, more than 300 were on hand for the 2024 Impactful Woman of the Year Luncheon, where Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts received the WMIN Most Impactful Woman of the Year Award.

James Davidson is chief commercial officer for Tennessee-based green packaging manufacturer Genera Inc.

In this interview, he discusses the benefits that using green packaging materials can offer meat and poultry processors as well as how adopting green packaging meshes with companies' sustainability goals.

The National Provisioner sits down for a conversation with Sloan Rinaldi, founder of Texas Q and a fourth-generation Texas pitmaster. Rinaldi was in the top three on the most recent season of Netflix's "Barbecue Showdown."

Michael Schafer, commercial business lead at Vermont Smoke & Cure, sits down with us to discuss poultry-based snacks and popular category flavors.

John Clear is a senior director in the consumer and retail group of global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal and co-author of the report, "Accelerate your Private Brand Journey to win with Customers and shareholders."

In this podcast, he shares insights on how private-label products are delivering value-added innovation.

For meat and poultry processors making fully cooked or partially cooked value-added proteins, handling the associated fats, oils, and grease that result from the production process can be a costly issue to address.

Greasezilla offers processors an innovative approach for treatment and disposal of these production byproducts. In this podcast, Greasezilla senior executive and business founder Brian Levine discusses the benefits processors can achieve through adopting the technology.