When COVID-19 outbreaks forced mass shutdowns of large slaughterhouses last year, it led to an overwhelming surge in demand for small meat processors in Wisconsin.
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Whole pigs wait to be processed in November in the USDA-certified plant that is part of the new $57.1 million Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery facility at UW-Madison.
Butcher Zafir Georges delivers a customer's meat order to their vehicle at The Conscious Carnivore on University Avenue in Madison in May 2020.
Photo gallery: UW-Madison's new Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery building
Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery
Jeff Sindelar, an associate professor in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and who has expertise in meat science and processing, gives a tour of the Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery building on the UW-Madison campus.
Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery
This table is in the Jones Dairy Farms conference room in the Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery building at UW-Madison. Much of the wood for the table came from trees harvested at the Jones farm in Fort Atkinson. Legs for the tables were made from ham molds salvaged from Oscar Mayer.
Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery
The Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery, a $57.1 million, two-story modern teaching, research and outreach facility to support the meat industry of the State of Wisconsin is now open.
Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery
Jeff Sindelar shows off UW-Madison's new Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery building, a $50 million teaching, research, and outreach facility to support the state's meat industry.
Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery
Mitch Monson is manager of the retail shop at the Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery Building, a $57.1 million, two-story modern teaching, research and outreach facility.
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The new Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery building replaces an existing lab built in three sections in 1930, 1959 and 1969.
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The Meat and Muscle Biology Building, a $50 million, two-story modern teaching, research, and outreach facility to support the meat industry of the State of Wisconsin is now open. This project replaces the existing Meat and Muscle Biology Building built in three sections in 1930, 1959, and 1969. It also includes a retail store. It was photographed Wednesday, Nov., 11, 2020 . STEVE APPS, STATE JOURNAL
Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery
Whole pigs wait to be processed in the USDA-certified plant that is part of the $57.1 million building.
Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery
The new Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery building includes a retail shop.
Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery
The Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery building, a $57.1 million, two-story modern teaching, research, and outreach facility to support the meat industry of the State of Wisconsin is now open. This project replaces the existing Meat and Muscle Biology Building built in three sections in 1930, 1959, and 1969. It also includes a retail store. It was photographed Wednesday, Nov., 11, 2020. STEVE APPS, STATE JOURNAL
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Sanitation is critical in the new facility at UW-Madison.
Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery
The new Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery building includes a retail shop.
Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery
The new Meat and Muscle Biology Building replaces an existing lab built in three sections in 1930, 1959 and 1969.
