2/2/13

Well it's Saturday and usually we only have our group study session, but today we're going to Galesburg Meat Locker. This operation is a little larger then Richland Meats but would still be considered on the small side.  The interesting thing is that they smoke and cure meat.  They do this not only for their own sales but also for other companies such as Richland.
 

        Rigil                                                  Rob                                                           Mark(owner)

It was nice little excursion and most of the guys enjoyed it.  Now I'm going to relax for the rest of the weekend and try and catch a Notre Dame BB game.

2/1/13

Since today is Friday, we had our one on one meetings with Tom and also received our stipend.  He explained the growth of agricultural job opportunities in Michigan and it is very encouraging.  It appears that the meat processing field is on the rise and is projected to continue to grow.  I was already aware of this, but the raw numbers were even more encouraging.

                                                                 Jeff         and            Ralph

In the afternoon we went to the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners.  We were all looking forward to this!  Guys and cars?  What's NOT to like?  Check out some of the cars in these pictures.  If you get a chance to visit the museum, do it.  

                       John

The Vets to Ag staff have been great in working our schedule to make our afternoons more relaxing, and sometimes recreational.  I am still amazed at how welcoming and accommodating everyone has been.  All of our activities (just like this trip to the Car Museum) have been paid for us.  You can't forget people like Jim, at Richland Meat Center, who took time out of his day to demonstrate butchering and to answer questions.

Well that was about it for Friday  I'm behind on my postings, but we've been going over a lot of material which I'll talk about later.