Simply Verified Beef - The Podcast

Simply Verified Beef - The Podcast•www.verifiedbeef.ca

Host Emma Cross (VBP+ Communications Specialist) takes you through conversations with expert guests from coast to coast on various parts of the Canadian beef supply chain from farmers and ranchers to consumers. VBP+ stands for Verified Beef Production Plus, a voluntary on farm food safety program. Season 1 is funded by: Maritime Beef Council and Canadian Agricultural Partnership through New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island's respective provincial Agricultural departments.

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Episodes

BONUS: Wrecks and Wonders of Processing

BONUS Feature from Episode 2 as our Guests Andrea van Iterson (VBP+ Backgrounder and Feedlot from British Columbia), Erika Stewart (VBP+ cow-calf producers and coordinator in Saskatchewan), and Ron Stevenson (VBP+ cow-calf producer and manager of Metzger Vet Services and Alberta Beef Health Solutions) join co-host Bree Patterson (VBP+ Coordinator from British Columbia) have an informal chat about different things that they have run into in their careers on do's and don'ts as it pertains to the p...

Sep 29, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Episode 2 "Simply the Processing"

Guests Andrea van Iterson (VBP+ Backgrounder and Feedlot from British Columbia), Erika Stewart (VBP+ cow-calf producers and coordinator in Saskatchewan), and Ron Stevenson (VBP+ cow-calf producer and manager of Metzger Vet Services and Alberta Beef Health Solutions) join co-hosts Bree Patterson (VBP+ Coordinator from British Columbia) and Amy Higgins (VBP+ Coordinator from New Brunswick) . Topic today is delving into the important topic of processing at the ranch, farm or feedlot and how VBP+ Fu...

Sep 15, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Episode 1 "Simply the Audit"

Guests Julie-Anne Howe (VBP+ Delivery Services Inc Auditor and VBP+ cow/calf ranch from Saskatchewan), Jaclyn Horenberg (VBP+ Coordinator in Ontario), and Trevor Welch (VBP+ Cow/calf farm from New Brunswick) join co-hosts Bree Patterson (VBP+ Coordinator from British Columbia) and Amy Higgins (VBP+ Coordinator from New Brunswick) . Topic today is delving into the audit process and how the word "audit" might seem intense, but the discussion is focused around how the process isn't that intimidatin...

Aug 18, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Episode 0 "Simply the Introduction"

Co-hosts Bree Patterson (VBP+ Coordinator from British Columbia) and Amy Higgins (VBP+ Coordinator from New Brunswick) give a quick introduction to the "Simply Verified Beef" podcast. On the 3rd Wednesday of each month, expect guests from coast to coast discussing various parts of the Canadian beef supply chain from farmers and ranchers to consumers. VBP+ stands for Verified Beef Production Plus which provides training and certification services for beef producers across Canada. Producer & H...

Jul 21, 2021•2 min

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