The Meat We Eat is a course designed to create a more informed consumer about the quality, safety, healthfulness and sustainability of muscle foods and address current issues in animal agriculture in developed and developing countries.
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The Meat We Eat
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Approx. 14 hours to complete
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100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Flexible deadlines
Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
Approx. 14 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: English
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University of Florida
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
3 hours to complete
Week 1
This week we'll get a basic overview of the US meat industry, and see how it compares to the European system.
3 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 79 min), 7 readings, 1 quiz
5 videos
Welcome from Geoffrey Dahl51s
US History19m
US Animal Meat Production35m
Comparing US System with International Systems22m
7 readings
Start Here/Syllabus10m
References10m
Discussion Forum Guidelines10m
FAQ10m
Animal Sciences at UF10m
Final Project10m
Week 110m
1 practice exercise
Week 1 Quiz20m
1 hour to complete
Week 2
This week, we'll learn about humane animal slaughter, and about converting muscle to meat.
1 hour to complete
3 videos (Total 44 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
3 videos
Humane Slaughter and Animal Welfare - without video clips8m
Muscle Composition & Conversion of Muscle to Meat19m
1 reading
Week 210m
1 practice exercise
Week 2 Quiz20m
2 hours to complete
Week 3
This week we'll learn about meat inspection, slaughter inspection, and food safety.
2 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 77 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
1 reading
Week 310m
1 practice exercise
Week 3 Quiz20m
2 hours to complete
Week 4
This week we'll learn about meat quality, fabrication, and packaging.
2 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 103 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
7 videos
Grading26m
Quality Grades4m
Fabrication15m
Beef Fabrication - Optional lecture21m
Lamb Fabrication - Optional lecture7m
Packaging18m
Subprimal Cutting9m
1 reading
Week 410m
1 practice exercise
Week 4 Quiz20m
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM THE MEAT WE EAT
by JOFeb 15, 2018
Excellent course, really enjoying it so far. I'm a farmer myself in Scotland and want to learn more about international meat farming and this was ideal.
by JLOct 22, 2019
Excellent course for everyone, educates vastly on the value chain of the meat we see at our tables everyday.
by AANov 21, 2019
Very comprehensive and resourceful in terms of content. Vey happy with this course.
by AAMay 13, 2020
This course really helped me out with good knowledge about the meat industry .
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