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In 2024, the Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education and the North American Meat Institute (now Meat Institute) Scholarship Foundation merged under the new name, Meat Foundation. The joining of these two foundations marks a significant step towards our goal of continuous improvement across research, education, and scholarships.

Established eight decades ago, the predecessor Foundation was dedicated to identifying strategies to produce better and safer meat and poultry products. Conversely, the North American Meat Institute Scholarship Foundation was founded in 1995, recognizing exceptional undergraduate and graduate students pursuing education that will lead to a career in the meat industry.

This merged organization enables us to broaden our research scope to encompass critical areas such as food safety; nutrition, health and wellness; environment; animal welfare; and labor and human rights; support education and professional development in each of these areas; and foster the meat industry’s future leaders.