Meat Charts
Posted on Virtual Webber Bullet
Meat Charts are a great resource to help you understand the cut of meat located on the animal. Charts available for Beef, Pork, Lamb and Goat. http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/meatcharts.html

Maryland Rural Enterprise Development Center - Rules for Specific Foods
http://www.mredc.umd.edu/FPRulesForSpecificFoods.html

Maryland Rural Enterprise Development Center - Agencies & Jurisdiction
http://www.mredc.umd.edu/FPAgenciesAndJurisdiction.html

Find a Meat Processor Near You or List Your Plant
State listings, Local Harvest Niche Meat Processor Directory, How to list your meat processing business, articles from resource area experts.
http://www.extension.org/pages/Find_a_Meat_Processor_Near_You_or_List_Your_Plant

A Producer's Guide to Meat and Poultry Processing Regulations in Maryland
by Ginger S. Myers, Regional Agricultural Marketing Specialist
This 13-page guide is intended to assist farmers, growers, and their advisors in understanding the regulations affecting the processing and marketing of meat and poultry products in Maryland. This guide also contains information on labeling, marketing, risk management, and regulatory exemptions.

Direct Marketing Farm-Raised Meats in Maryland
by Ginger S. Myers, Regional Agricultural Marketing Specialist
Is a brief outline on how Maryland farmers who raise meat - beef, pork, lamb, chevon, and veal - on their farms can obtain a state license to sell their USDA processed frozen products and frozen cuts directly to the public from their farms.

Glossary of Meat Production Methods
Sustainable Table has published a Glossary of Meat Productions Methods for consumers to use while shopping. This guide covers meat lables such as biodynamic, cage free, and heritage.
You can download a copy of the glossary at: http://www.sustainabletable.org/getinvolved/materials/GlossaryofMeatProductionMethods.pdf

Meat Charts
Posted on Virtual Webber Bullet
Meat Charts are a great resource to help you understand the cut of meat located on the animal. Charts available for Beef, Pork, Lamb and Goat. http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/meatcharts.html

A Marketing Decision Tool and Guide for Grass-fed Beef - EB374, By Ginger S. Myers, Regional Marketing Specilist, University of Maryland Extension and Director of the Maryland Rural Enterprise Development Center.

A resource guide that will assist grass-fed beef producers formulate profitable marketing strategies. It is a decision tool to assist individual producers in making marketing decisions about what to produce; where/how/in what venue(s) outlets to market their product; and practical risk management strategies. View online (PDF)

Slaughter and/or Process Facilities in Maryland
This directory provides a broader listing of slaughter and/or processing facilities, including commercial plants. Source: John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future - USDA Food and Safety Inspection Service (FSIS)

USDA Inspected Facilities/Products and Services in Maryland
A directory of facilities that slaughter and provide processing services
Source: John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future - USDA Food and Safety Inspection Service (FSIS)