Meat Then and Now

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>From growing up on a farm to earning agricultural-related BS MS and PhD degrees and teaching at Kansas State University to joining Excel Corporation (Cargill Meat Solutions) and consulting for organizations like the Chicago Mercantile Exchange the U.S. General Accounting Office and multiple meat companies Dell M. Allen has spent a lifetime on farms and in meat plants in the U.S. Canada Australia and Brazil. Drawing on this both deep and broad knowledge he has written the definitive text on the indispensable role the meat industry played in the westward expansion of the United States. </span><em>Meat Then and Now: A Historical Overview of the Importance of Meat Livestock and Railroads in the Westward Expansion of the United States</em> offers a positive counterpoint to attacks and misinformation the meat industry has faced especially over recent years.</p><p> </p>