2025 CONVENTION AGENDA
Missoula, Montana
Thursday - April 24th
7:00 AM- 7:30 AM
Board of Directors Meeting @ Missoula County Fairgrounds Floriculture Building
7:30 AM- 8:30 AM
At Missoula County Fairgrounds Culinary Building
Convention Registration Begins
Light Breakfast Available - Fruit & Pastries
8:00 AM
Supplier Setup - In Culinary Building
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Buses Leave From the Fairgrounds for Tour
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Superior Meats
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Plant and Equipment Tour
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Waste Digester Demonstration & Seminar with Patrick Roubernette
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Bowl Chopper Demonstration & Seminar - Reiser
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Pulled Pork
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Shelf Stable Snack Sticks & Summer Sausage​
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Limited parking available if you need to drive yourself.
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch - At Superior Meats
4:30 - 6:00 pm
School House Meats - Farm & Meat Plant Tour
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2795 37th Street, Missoula, MT
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Cured Meats Cooler Drop
Evening
Dinner - On Your Own
Friday - April 25th
7:30 AM- 8:15 AM
At Missoula County Fairgrounds Culinary Building
Convention Registration Begins
Light Breakfast Available - Fruit & Pastries
8:30 AM- 9:30 AM
At Missoula County Fairgrounds Floriculture Building
​Safety & Health Consultations (OSHA Pre-Audits)
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Billy Chilton - Montana Safety & Health Consolation Program
8:45 AM- 9:45 AM
HACCP & Processing Related Round Table (Q&A)
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Led by Jim McCafferty - JMc Consulting, LLC
10:00 AM- 11:00 AM
How to Transform Animal Byproducts into Profit.
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Keith Mitchell - Consultant
At Culinary Building
Supplier Show Open
Lunch - Noon
11:00 AM- 2:30:00 PM
2:30 PM- 3:30 PM
At Floriculture Building
Processing & Marketing the Other Half
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Holly Stoltz - Western Sustainability Exchange
3:30 PM- 4:00 PM
AAMP Update
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Abbey Davidson - Outreach Specialist
4:00 PM- 4:30 PM
Shelf Stable Snack Stick Experiment Results
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Dr. Jane Ann Boles - MSU
Supplier Show Open
4:00 PM- 6:00 PM
4:30 PM- 6:00 PM
At School House Meats
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2795 37th Street, Missoula, MT
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Cured Meats Check-In - Only Time it is Open​
6:00 PM
At Culinary Building
Dinner & Evening Social (Cash Bar)
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Games - Music - Social - Cornhole Tournament
Saturday - April 27th
7:00 AM
Cured Meats Judging - At School House Meats
7:30 AM- 8:30 AM
At Culinary Building
Light Breakfast Available - Fruit & Pastries
8:30 AM- 9:30 AM
At Floriculture Building
Resource Update: Grants, Loans and Technical Assistance for Meat Processors
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Anna Files from Great Falls Development Authority
9:30 AM- 11:00 PM
General Membership Meeting
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Board Member Elections
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM
Supplier Show Open
Lunch - Noon
1:30 PM
At Missoula Trap & Skeet Club
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8700 U.S. Highway 10 W, Missoula
Trap Shooting
5:30 PM-6:30 PM
At Finn Restaurant - Double Tree Edgewater Hotel
100 Madison St, Missoula
Cocktail Hour
6:30 PM
Banquet
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Cured Meats Awards & Auction
9:00 PM
At School House Meats
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Cured Meat Viewing & Pickup​
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Sunday Morning also an option for pickup
Sunday - April 28th
8:30 AM-9:30 AM
At School House Meats
Critique Breakfast with Dr. Jane Ann Boles
