Lisa
The Center of My Plate By Lisa Keefe

Lisa Keefe is editor in chief of Meatingplace and Alt-Meat. Her blog lends insight into the news and issues of the day for the poultry and meat, and alt-meat, processing industries.

June 14, 2024 | This is a Blog TEST 0614 B1 Condimentum vitae sapien pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et
May 15, 2024 | All it takes is one
April 24, 2024 | Hybrid or die!
March 27, 2024 | 'The destruction of an industry'
February 28, 2024 | Maslow v. the adjectives
February 7, 2024 | To an unknown destination
October 4, 2023 | Knives out
August 16, 2023 | Good for the goose?
July 26, 2023 | Beware the margin-tinkerers
June 14, 2023 | It ain’t over ‘til it’s over
May 31, 2023 | Don't you believe it
May 3, 2023 | I should have known
March 22, 2023 | 'Plant-based'? Or face plant?
March 8, 2023 | How much money is too much money?
February 15, 2023 | Is the solution to the labor shortage really 14 years old?
January 4, 2023 | Instant karma
December 14, 2022 | Five trends for processors to watch in 2023
November 30, 2022 | The Blind Side
October 19, 2022 | 'OneTyson': A good move?
September 21, 2022 | The Chicago Way
August 24, 2022 | Who's wearing sheep's clothing?
August 10, 2022 | The butterfly flaps its wings
July 27, 2022 | Suitable for framing
June 1, 2022 | Yep, I went there
April 6, 2022 | The newest sheriff
March 9, 2022 | Can one word be the key?
February 9, 2022 | A blog about AOC, but not the one you're thinking of
January 12, 2022 | Make no mistake: It's 2022
November 17, 2021 | Where's your 'Backbone'?
October 20, 2021 | Inflate-gate
September 22, 2021 | What a cluster
August 26, 2021 | 'So I turned myself to face me'
August 4, 2021 | Welp, here we go again (updated)
May 5, 2021 | Further 'Food for Thought'
April 7, 2021 | Are you fighting the last war, or the current one?
March 10, 2021 | Leaving our communities
February 10, 2021 | Know what you don't know
January 13, 2021 | Seven days
December 30, 2020 | Take the 'L'
December 16, 2020 | I almost forgot about this blog
November 18, 2020 | Show me the vaccine!
October 21, 2020 | The "U" word
August 26, 2020 | Now, THAT's a mic drop
July 29, 2020 | Ask me 'why?' I say, 'Why not?'
July 1, 2020 | Where's my Christmas in July?
June 9, 2020 | A giddy sense of possibility
May 6, 2020 | Forget-me-nots
April 8, 2020 | Of rocks and hard places
March 11, 2020 | Meat's message may need new messengers
February 12, 2020 | I'm dropping the F-bomb!
January 15, 2020 | How’s your Maserati?
December 25, 2019 | Git yer hip boots on!
November 27, 2019 | Are you ready for Recession 2020?
November 13, 2019 | How is software like a spinalis dorsi?
October 30, 2019 | Little house on the prairie
October 16, 2019 | If it bleeds, it leads
October 2, 2019 | This issue is far from settled
September 18, 2019 | Girl Scouts taught me: 'Be prepared.'
September 4, 2019 | The deep roots of the industry's labor woes
August 21, 2019 | Are you leading, or protecting the status quo?
August 7, 2019 | What would you do?
July 24, 2019 | Is cell-cultured meat a 'perfect' solution after all?
July 10, 2019 | Meat, the People
June 26, 2019 | What was the point of that?
June 12, 2019 | POP goes the bubble!
May 29, 2019 | Ring, Ring --- It’s for you?
May 15, 2019 | Would you rather throw an interception or be sacked?
May 1, 2019 | Ditch the chocolate syrup, Ma
April 17, 2019 | Our daily reconstruction
April 3, 2019 | "Oooohhhh, oh Mexico ..... "
March 20, 2019 | Optimistic, pragmatic, catastrophic?
March 6, 2019 | Politics at the dinner table
February 20, 2019 | Why is a point-by-point scientific debate such a pie-in-the-sky idea?
February 6, 2019 | Happy birthday!
January 23, 2019 | Dishing on the alt-meat market
January 9, 2019 | Tell 'em what you told 'em
December 26, 2018 | Of cars, weather and meat
December 12, 2018 | Two years of not much, comin' right up!
November 28, 2018 | The theory of the cost of everything
November 14, 2018 | Quack, quack. It's a duck.
October 31, 2018 | Size matters
October 17, 2018 | 'You are so naive!'
October 3, 2018 | Expect the unexpected
September 19, 2018 | Oh no, he didn’t! No, really. He didn’t.
September 5, 2018 | When processors flout the law
August 8, 2018 | Meat consumption in a declining economy — ours
July 25, 2018 | How to become an economic 'first responder' for your community
July 4, 2018 | Everything but the kitchen
June 27, 2018 | A tale of two ICE raids
June 13, 2018 | Gaze into my crystal ball .... or better yet, don't.
May 16, 2018 | What headline would YOU write?
April 18, 2018 | Have you been defeated, and you don't even know it?
April 4, 2018 | Who will take in the orphans?
March 21, 2018 | "A" for automation, or abandonment?
March 7, 2018 | 'Beef needs better friends.'
February 21, 2018 | I, Robot
February 7, 2018 | The HSUS Hydra
January 24, 2018 | Promises, promises
January 10, 2018 | #MeToo
December 13, 2017 | What does it mean to look for workers with 'grit'?