31 min
Season 2 Episode 2 - "Here's the Beef" CareerTech Conversations
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- Careers
Do you remember last year when meat was difficult to find?
When the lockdowns went into effect, and major meat producers had to scale back production in the fight against COVID-19, many Oklahomans sought out local sources of meat. However, that highlighted a new problem: workforce shortages.
In this episode, we examine Oklahoma's meat shortage, and how teamwork from all over the state seeks to train more meat processors to prevent another one.
We'll examine how Oklahoma lawmakers responded to the initial meat shortage situation and began to expand the state's local processing capacity.
Forging a partnership that paid dividends, we'll look into how CareerTech teamed up with the Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry to train up a new workforce.
We'll hit the road to check out high schools and tech centers adding meat to their curriculum.
Check out the new Mobile Meat Processing Lab; a refrigerated semi-trailer converted into a classroom on wheels.
A new Oklahoma Certified Beef standard seeks to help farmers and ranchers market their meat direct-to-consumer.
Do you remember last year when meat was difficult to find?
When the lockdowns went into effect, and major meat producers had to scale back production in the fight against COVID-19, many Oklahomans sought out local sources of meat. However, that highlighted a new problem: workforce shortages.
In this episode, we examine Oklahoma's meat shortage, and how teamwork from all over the state seeks to train more meat processors to prevent another one.
We'll examine how Oklahoma lawmakers responded to the initial meat shortage situation and began to expand the state's local processing capacity.
Forging a partnership that paid dividends, we'll look into how CareerTech teamed up with the Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry to train up a new workforce.
We'll hit the road to check out high schools and tech centers adding meat to their curriculum.
Check out the new Mobile Meat Processing Lab; a refrigerated semi-trailer converted into a classroom on wheels.
A new Oklahoma Certified Beef standard seeks to help farmers and ranchers market their meat direct-to-consumer.
31 min