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IMPORTANT MESSAGE from Keith Wilda, CEO and Plant Manager
May 21, 2024
The reopening of Meatworks is met with challenges and opportunities for The Livestock Institute and our community. Reopenings are always a challenge, but a restart of a community-driven organization that has hard times should be seen as an opportunity. It is an opportunity for new ideas, process changes, and new staff. Today I report to you as the new CEO, wearing the hat of Executive Director of TLI and Plant Manager of Meatworks, we are back open, and we have made some changes.
Although some of the faces you may see here at the plant will look the same because they are the real talent, there have been process changes made in both facility operations and personnel responsibilities. Currently, Meatworks is operating with a streamlined staff during restart in order to cross-train staff in multiple areas as part of our quality control improvements. Quality checks will be happening at every phase of processing; from the day the animals are received into our humane animal holding facility to when you, the producer, pick up your order or the customer leaves our onsite retail store.
I invite the community to visit us at the facility. We are currently still taking bookings and
have been since reopening. We are here to serve you by bringing high-quality protein products to our local community here in Southern New England. Please feel free to call or email me with questions or a time to come see the facility.
Hope to see you here!
Keith Wilda
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE from TLI’s President
March 26, 2024
The Livestock Institute of Southern New England is extremely pleased to announce the hiring of Keith Wilda to be the Chief Executive Officer of the entire organization.
Keith is well-known throughout Massachusetts agriculture and fishery industries, most recently as Chief Operating Officer of Great Falls Aquaculture LLC, a 18,000+ pounds/week company with USDA and HACCP certification. Keith’s extensive and varied experiences in operations made him the ideal candidate, and we are looking forward to working with him as we restructure and restart TLI/Meatworks. Please welcome Keith.
More info at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-wilda-6a990551/
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“Clean, humane, knowledgeable, and very friendly and accommodating to our fast pace beef and pork business. More retail cuts to market at our farmstand. The packaging and labeling are very professional, makes meats even more marketable which means more clients and more profit. Thank you for everything.”
– Ann Marie Bouthillette, Blackbird Farm, Smithfield, RI
“Working with individual farmers, the staff is totally engaged in high-quality customer service and humane treatment of the animals. They understand how important tracking animals through the facility is to ensure that every pound of my animal comes back with my farm name on it.”
– Ben Coerper, Wild Harmony Farm, Exeter, RI
“I really appreciate this state-of-the-art facility and its accommodating staff. Trailering livestock has never been easier.”
– Suze Craig, Case Mill Farm, Westport, MA
“We are happy with the humane way our animals are handled, and our meat is always cut and packaged nicely.”
– Elizabeth Frary, Copicut Farms, Dartmouth, MA
“I’ve used six USDA-inspected facilities, and Meatworks tops them all with a state-of-the-art facility and tracking system, no stress animal handling, and people who care about my business and work with me to accommodate my needs.”
– Carter Wilkie, Little Compton, RI
Meatworks is a new state-of-the art USDA-Inspected multi-species meat processing facility for cattle, hogs, sheep, and goats.
Offering services with:
• The highest animal welfare and humane handling standards
• The highest food safety standards
• Full traceability from drop off to pick-up via our integrated scale system
• Vacuum packaging
• Value-added services:
• Patties
• Fresh bulk sausages
• Fresh or smoked linked sausage
• Conventional or naturally cured bacon and ham
***ONSITE RETAIL STORE***
Featuring a selection of fresh, locally raised beef, pork, and lamb.
We hope to see you soon!
Meatworks is owned and operated by The Livestock Institute of Southern New England, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to addressing issues facing livestock farmers through educational programming and infrastructure improvements.
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