Journey to Your Plate Infographic

Whether it’s a hotdog at a ballgame, burgers or chicken on the grill, or bacon on, well, everything … it’s hard to imagine a meal or gathering with family and friends where meat doesn’t play a starring role. The U.S. meat and poultry industry safely and reliably processes, packages and delivers a variety of meats every day to nearly 40,000 grocery stores and 650,000 food service facilities. Nearly 5.5 million people in beef, pork and poultry production feed 326 million Americans.