The Meat We Eat

University of Florida via Coursera

Go to Course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/meat-we-eat

Syllabus

Week 1

This week we'll get a basic overview of the US meat industry, and see how it compares to the European system.

Week 2

This week, we'll learn about humane animal slaughter, and about converting muscle to meat.

Week 3

This week we'll learn about meat inspection, slaughter inspection, and food safety.

Week 4

This week we'll learn about meat quality, fabrication, and packaging.

Week 5

This week we'll learn about cooking meat!

Week 6

This week we'll learn about the dietary benefits of meat, the sustainability of the meat industry, and meat byproducts.

Week 7

This week you'll complete your final project.

Overview

The Meat We Eat is a course designed to create a more informed consumer about the quality, safety, healthfulness and sustainability of muscle foods and address current issues in animal agriculture in developed and developing countries.

Skills

Reviews

Informative course the instructor's method of teaching is amazing.

Very comprehensive and resourceful in terms of content. Vey happy with this course.

great course. really gained some knowledge about meat science . and motivated me to cook.

I LOVE THIS COURSE, IT GAVE ME A DEEP KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW THE PRODUCTION OF MEAT IS DONE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND A WIDER VISION

This course really helped me out with good knowledge about the meat industry .