Atlantic tender beef: Canadian beef producer & consumer co-ops expanding market for home-grown meats.(Cover Story)

From: Rural Cooperatives | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Webb, Tom | Copyright information

Beef producers in the Atlantic Canada region--comprised of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador--have long struggled to overcome the perception that their product was inferior to beef from western Canada and other regions. But this picture is being turned around through a comprehensive production and branding program.

This effort includes the opening of a co-op beef-processing plant in Prince Edward Island, the establishment of stri...

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