MEATS Workforce
Manager Education and Agriculture Technical Skills
Project Director: Dr. Tanner Machado (tanner.machado@tamuk.edu)
The goal of the MEAT'S Workforce project is to invest in students to meet the needs of local and regional meat and poultry facilities through developing production workers, supervisors, and managers through training, certifications, and networking. The project is targeting students who want to pursue technical job positions and targeting students who desire leadership job positions such as supervisors.
For the Students
- Meat and Poultry Internships
- Meat and Poultry Workshops
- Meat Industry Certifications
- Leadership Training
- Networking opportunities at industry conferences/meetings.
TAMUK--Lead Institution
- Dr. Tanner Machado (tanner.machado@tamuk.edu)
- Dr. Jason Apple (jason.apple@tamuk.edu)
Palo Alto College
- Ty Chumbley (tchumbley@alamo.edu)
Summer 2024
- Nathan Contreras -- Moody's Meats
- Jospeh Cruz -- 2F Akaushi Beef
- Rosemarie Gutierrez -- Beef & Bones
- Jazmin Juarez -- Buckhead Meats
- Skyland Kepsel -- Beef & Bones
- Armando Moreno -- Vera King O Meats
- Alejandra Pena-Davila -- Cuatro Hermanos Meat Market
- Desiree Rosales -- 2F Akaushi Beef
Spring 2023
- Elissa Bars -- Beef & Bones
- Edgar Cortez -- Beef & Bones
- Samantha Lansford -- Meat Lab
Fall 2023
- Rene Herrera -- Dan's Processing
- Shelby Wright -- Not For Sale Processing
Fall 2024--Recruiting Student Participants