Farm Animal Transparency: From Retail Demand to Producer Incentives – Can Origin Labels Bridge the Gap?
← FAT Research Library 📅 Prepared January 11, 2026 | 🔄 Revised May 2, 2026 ✍️ Dirk Adams ⌛ 9 min read FAT RESEARCH SERIES — LABELING & COOL From Retail Demand to Producer Incentives – Can Origin Labels Bridge the Gap?
Evidence Supporting Reinstatement of COOL for U.S. Beef, Pork, and Chicken
← FAT Research Library 🔄 Revised May 2, 2026 ✍️ Dirk Adams ⌛ 9 min read FAT RESEARCH SERIES — ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION / BEEF Evidence Supporting Reinstatement of COOL for U.S. Beef, Pork, and Chicken Background and Renewed Interest in COOL Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) for meat was first enacted in the 2002 Farm Bill […]
Evidence That Does Not Support COOL
← FAT Research Library 📅 Prepared December 13, 2025 | 🔄 Revised May 2, 2026 ✍️ Dirk Adams ⌛ 9 min read FAT RESEARCH SERIES — LABELING & COOL Evidence That Does Not Support COOL—-Impact of COOL on U.S. Beef, Pork, and Chicken Producer Prices (2000–Present) Background: What Is COOL and Why It Matters Country-of-Origin […]
Policy & Market Pressures on Transparent Domestic Beef
← FAT Research Library 🔄 Revised May 2, 2026 ✍️ Dirk Adams ⌛ 9 min read FAT RESEARCH SERIES — ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION / BEEF Policy & Market Pressures on Transparent Domestic Beef Introduction American beef producers face converging regulatory and market forces that demand greater transparency in cattle origin and production. Recent policy shifts – […]
From Compliance to Brand: How Retailers Are Turning Verified U.S. Beef Into Consumer Trust
← FAT Research Library 📅 Prepared December 12, 2025 | 🔄 Revised May 2, 2026 ✍️ Dirk Adams ⌛ 9 min read FAT RESEARCH SERIES — ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION / BEEF Building Consumer Trust: From Compliance to Brand: Provings Its US Beef
Product of USA After FSIS Revisions: What Changed, What It Costs, and Who Bears the Burden
← FAT Research Library 🔄 Revised May 2, 2026 ✍️ Dirk Adams ⌛ 9 min read FAT RESEARCH SERIES — LABELING & COOL Product of USA After FSIS Revisions: What Changed, What It Costs, and Who Bears the Burden For decades, “Product of USA” functioned less as a legal standard than as a marketing […]
840 Cattle Tags: How USDA IDs Improve Beef Traceability | FAT Research
Understanding USDA 840 Beef Cattle Identification Tags Posted November 2025 • FAT Research Paper by Dirk Adams with the assistance of AI USDA 840 tags are the backbone of animal traceability for U.S.-born beef cattle. These official tags are required for interstate transport and are increasingly standard in value-added beef programs and electronic disease control […]