{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast","title":"Farm to Front Door: Safe Home Meat Delivery | Ep 192","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1931,"description":"Farm to Front Door: How Walden Local Meat Is Rewriting the Rules of Home Delivery | Episode 192\n\nHome meat delivery has a cold chain problem, and the industry knows it. Francine L. Shaw has been one of its loudest skeptics. So what happens when she sits down with a food safety leader who has an answer for every question she throws at her?\nRecorded live at the Food Safety Consortium, Francine and Matt Regusci talk with Jessica McDonald, who runs quality and food safety at Walden Local Meat, about managing roughly 100 SKUs from regenerative farms, through processors, all the way to members’ doorsteps. \nSpoiler alert: the safeguards that make home delivery work aren’t expensive or complicated. They just take the diligence most companies skip.\nIn this episode:\n\n💩 Cold open: why home delivery is a known industry problem\n💩 Live from the Food Safety Consortium (and the interviews that lost their audio) \n💩 Meet Jessica McDonald of Walden Local Meat\n💩 Cooler bags, liners and dry ice: how every order is packed \n💩 Teaching members dry ice do’s and don’ts (no, you can’t breathe fire)  \n💩 The Walden Regenerative Way and animal integrity (no Botox for cows) \n💩 Verifying farmers: site visits, grazing plans and feed receipts \n💩 Temperature tracking cards and member feedback loops \n💩 Owning the whole chain, from farm to fork \n💩 Does regenerative pay? Farmer premiums and protein per acre \nDisclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.\nResources from this episode\nWalden Local Meat \nFood Safety Consortium \nNoteworthy quotes from this episode\n\n “We’re doing challenge studies to make sure we’re using the correct amount of dry ice for worst-case scenario.” — Jessica McDonald\n“There are companies that are so much bigger that just aren’t going to the effort to take these steps.” — Francine L. Shaw\nWe hope you enjoy this episode!\nRemember to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Together, we can raise awareness and make...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/I2EDo-ExonCZl2fSuvdGhc-brszaguY36XczjzRgFXI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM4MzcyLzE2NzUy/ODUwMDYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}