McDonald's Sustainable Beef Pilot
  • Home
  • News
  • Videos
  • Participant Profiles

Pilot News

New stream - What beef producers are asking about VBP+

9/24/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
It's their program and they are curious about its next generation

By: Terry Hockaday

There will be big changes in Canada's Verified Beef Production (VBP) program this coming year.
Designed originally as the national on-farm food safety program for beef it has slowly and steadily gained respect through industry channels. Today, it is about to graduate into a new era called VBP+ adding new modules for biosecurity, animal care and environmental stewardship.
That's a big change. How exactly will this be done? What will it mean for producers on the program and their industry?
The simple answer is "It's goal is simple but the background work is complex," says Manitoba cattle producer, Betty Green. As the Manitoba provincial VBP coordinator and part of the VBP+ development team she has sat in on many of the meetings and listened to the chatter in the hallways.

​Read the full article here.



0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    McDonald's SB Pilot News

    Stay up to date on the latest news about the McDonald's Pilot.

    Archives

    June 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    June 2015
    March 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

  • Home
  • News
  • Videos
  • Participant Profiles