Choice Cuts: Meat In America

Meat: It’s What’s For Dinner

From our fields, to our dinner plates, to our waistlines, the meat industry shapes our lives. Join Harvest Public Media and explore how the meat industry has changed the U.S. food system and the American diet in a multi-platform series, “Choice Cuts: Meat in America.”

Find all of the stories in our series below.

“Choice Cuts” On TV

The Harvest Public Media Video Unit — in conjunction with public television stations NET Nebraska, KCPT in Kansas City and Rocky Mountain PBS in Denver — produced a half-hour public television special, which aired on public television stations across the country.

Check local listings to catch the show on your public television station, or watch the full report online below.

Ready For A Cricket Taco? Meat Alternatives Want A Part Of Your Plate

By Luke Runyon • Oct 6, 2015
Luke Runyon / Harvest Public Media

All week, Harvest Public Media’s series Choice Cuts: Meat In America is examining how the meat industry is changing the U.S. food system and the American diet.

Beef, poultry and pork are staples of the American diet, baked into the country’s very culture, and backbones of the agricultural economy. But lately, the meats have been saddled with some baggage.

Farmers Raising Meat Look To Keep Up With Your Changing Diet

By • Oct 5, 2015
Kristofor Husted / Harvest Public Media

All week, Harvest Public Media’s series Choice Cuts: Meat In America is examining how the meat industry is changing the U.S. food system and the American diet.

While the average American eats hundreds of pounds of meat every year, many U.S. consumers are starting to cut back as health experts learn more about the risk of a diet high in proteins from meat and environmentalists challenge the way most meat is raised.

With Lifesaving Antibiotics At Risk, Farmers, Veterinarians Asked To Curtail Use In Livestock

By • Oct 4, 2015
Amy Mayer / Harvest Public Media

All week, Harvest Public Media’s series Choice Cuts: Meat In America is examining how the meat industry is changing the U.S. food system and the American diet.

One of the most important tools of modern medicine is in jeopardy. In the 20th century, antibiotics turned once-lethal infections into manageable diseases. They also contributed to the transformation of meat production in America.

Choice Cuts: Making Room For More Meat

By • Oct 4, 2015
Brian Seifferlein / Harvest Public Media

All week, Harvest Public Media’s series Choice Cuts: Meat In America is examining how the meat industry is changing the U.S. food system and the American diet.

Americans have a big appetite for everything meat. We smoke it, grill it, slice it, and chop it.

Massive Corn Crops Necessary To Satisfy Our Appetite For Meat

By • Oct 4, 2015
Abby Wendle / Harvest Public Media

All week, Harvest Public Media’s series Choice Cuts: Meat In America is examining how the meat industry is changing the U.S. food system and the American diet.

Drive down a dirt road, a two-lane country highway, even many Interstates in the Midwest and the view out the window is likely to get monotonous: massive fields filled with acres of corn sprawled in all directions.