It's official. The Portland Meat Collective is no longer alone in the world. Olympia Meat Collective just launched their website and they've scheduled a few classes for July! The three guys behind OMC are, simply, awesome. Brian Wilson, James O'Keefe, and Joel Hansen and I all met just over a month ago to start discussing the Olympia Meat Collective. I gave them a long list of homework. They did their homework, well, I might add, and are ready to roll. Both Brian and Joel have taken several classes from the PMC and James has studied with Farmstead Meatsmith up on Vashon Island. Their combined skills sets are just about perfect for this Portland Meat Collective model: Brian's marketing and public relations skills, Joel's business management skills and vast knowledge of nutritional therapy, and James' knowledge of farming and butchery.
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