The Future In A Can?

Jim Farmer, a long-time cattle producer, sees the future of livestock production in 14-oz cans of ready-to-eat beef.

Farmer has joined forces with about three dozen other beef producers, including family members, to create a co-op that seeks to turn about 1,000 cattle a year into canned beef --- very special beef.

“The unique thing about this product is that there is only one ingredient --- beef,” said Mark Uthlaut, one of Farmer’s coop partners.

The product is free of both water and preservatives --- no worries about safety either, thanks to a rigorously strict canning process that rids each can of potentially harmful pathogens.

"Our goal is to make an opportunity in agriculture for all of my descendants, if they choose," said Farmer, 64. "Something like this could help make that happen."

Posted by Jim Langcuster at March 22, 2004 08:54 AM | TrackBack