The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) lately concluded its 2023 Basic Meeting Assembly in Boise, Idaho. The USRSB reported progress on quite a lot of its sustainability efforts applications, which have been revealed within the 2022 USRSB Annual Report.
“With almost 200 attendees, this yr’s Basic Meeting Assembly was an amazing success,” mentioned Debbie Lyons-Blythe, 2022/2023 USRSB chair. “The USRSB has been exhausting at work to realize its formidable targets and our ongoing progress was clearly highlighted all through the occasion’s wonderful agenda.”
Earlier than the occasion, trade members had the chance to attend a sustainability tour with stops at Simplot Grand View Feedyard, CS Beef Plant and Simplot French Fry Plant. Highlights from the tour included using potato byproducts from french fry manufacturing as cattle feed and the important position of superior animal welfare and worker security practices all through the availability chain.
The primary occasion was filled with trade and educational consultants who supplied their views on alternatives for steady enchancment in environmental, social and financial sustainability. Key matters included world beef trade collaboration, the societal position of meat, the impacts of grazing administration, the position of knowledge within the provide chain and climate-smart beef. As well as, Jack Bobo, director of International Meals and Water Coverage at The Nature Conservancy and meals futurist, delivered a closing keynote titled “Navigating the Way forward for Meals,” discussing upcoming tendencies and alternatives in the way forward for agriculture and the meat industries.
“I sit up for serving the USRSB as chair for the upcoming yr,” mentioned Chad Ellis, 2023/2024 USRSB chair. “The USRSB supplies a novel venue for ongoing collaboration throughout sectors, and we are going to proceed to highlight the essential position beef performs in a sustainable meals system.”
Different key milestones included the election of latest board of director members. Management is comprised of representatives from each sector of the availability chain, guaranteeing equal illustration from pasture to plate.
Newly elected officers embody:
- Chair: Chad Ellis, Partnership of Rangeland Trusts
- Chair-elect: Mike Williams, California Cattlemen’s Affiliation
- Secretary/treasurer: Scott Anderson, PhD, CRI Feeders
- Fast past-chair: Debbie Lyons-Blythe, Kansas Livestock Affiliation
Election outcomes for the board of administrators embody:
- Allied trade (Time period: April 2023 – April 2025)
- Major: Tim Hardman, Fulton Market Group
- Appointed: Lance Zimmerman, Rabobank
- Producer (Time period: April 2023 – April 2025)
- Major: Clayton Huseman (Kansas Livestock Affiliation)
- Appointed: To be chosen
- Packer/processor (Time period: April 2023 – April 2025)
- Major: Brooke Davis, Lopez Meals
- Appointed: Robert Cannell, PhD, Nationwide Beef
- Retail/meals service (Time period: April 2023 – April 2025)
- Major: Bruce Daley, Sysco
- Appointed: To be chosen
- Civil society (Time period: April 2023 – April 2025)
- Major: Hugh Aljoe, Noble Analysis Institute
- Appointed: Chad Ellis, Partnership of Rangeland Belief
Standing board of administrators embody:
- Allied trade (Time period: April 2022 – April 2024)
- Major: Invoice Thoni, Meals Security Internet Companies
- Appointed: Michael McCarty, Elanco Animal Well being
- Producer (Time period: April 2022 – April 2024)
- Major: Mike Williams, California Cattlemen’s Affiliation
- Appointed: Gene Lollis, Florida Cattlemen’s Affiliation
- Packer/processor (Time period: April 2022 – April 2024)
- Major: Wayne Morgan, PhD, Golden State Meals
- Appointed: Paula Alexander, Tyson Meals
- Retail/meals service (Time period: April 2022 – April 2024)
- Major: Kendra Levine, McDonald’s Company
- Appointed: Belinda Richardson, McDonald’s Company
- Civil society (Time period: April 2022 – April 2024)
- Major: Nancy Labbe, The Nature Conservancy
- Appointed: Rob Manes, The Nature Conservancy
To discover extra accomplishments of the group, overview the 2022 USRSB Annual Report.
