Venison Culinary Centre: Resources

Here are some other sources of information on deer/elk venison and meat products.

Cookbooks

There are hundreds of cookbooks on the market dealing with how to cook and prepare venison. A good place to look would be at Amazon.com or Chapters.ca.

However, we recommend two cookbooks that we found particularly useful, and whose recipes we have posted here.

Cooking with Elk published by the Iowa Elk Breeders Association.

Alberta Venison Gourmet published by the Alberta White-Tail and Mule Deer Association.

On-line Resources

Here are some websites that we found had good information and recipes on venison.

Alberta Elk Association has a section on their web site providing information on nutrition, Alberta ranched elk meat suppliers, and quality assurance.

Saskatchewan Elk Breeders Association have created a new website to promote ranched elk meat. The site has excellent information about venison including a great collection of recipes.

Wapiti.net has two good sections on venison - one on nutritional data and another one on venison recipes.

The Canadian Cervid Council has venison cooking information and a list of restaurants, butchers and distributors in the Toronto area.

New Zealand Venison has over 160 recipes for venison along with nutritional information and local suppliers.

The British Deer Farmers Association has the Good Venison Guide site where they provide cooking advice and recipes for farmed vension, and have a directory of suppliers.

The Indiana Elk Breeders Association have a directory of their members who sell ranched elk meat.

The Maine Deer and Elk Farmers Association provide information on venison and have a list of their members that market farm-raised venison.

The Venison Forum has some butchering information and recipes.

T. Budd’s Venison Page has some interesting recipes.

For Venison Producers

If you are a deer, elk or reindeer farmer/rancher who wishes to produce for the venison market, here are some articles and reports that you may find useful.

Selling Venison to Chefs, Deer Farmers’ Digest, Mar. 2000
More on Developing a Venison Market, Deer Farmers’ Digest, June 2000
How to Market Your Venison, Deer Farmers’s Digest, Aug. 2000
Venison Inspection Requirements, Deer Farmers’ Digest, Oct. 2000
New Generation Cooperatives, Deer Farmers’ Digest, Nov. 2000
Is Your Quality Assurance Up to Standards, Deer Farmers’ Digest, Feb. 2001
More on Venison Marketing, Deer Farmers’ Digest, April 2001
Using Food Festivals to Promote our Industry, Deer Farmers’ Digest, Aug. 2001
Finishing for Quality Venison, Deer Farmers’ Digest, Jan. 2002
A Natural Opportunity for Venison, Deer Farmers’ Digest, Feb. 2002
Organic Standards for Venison, Deer Farmers’ Digest, March 2002
Strategies for Venison Promotion, Deer Farmers’ Digest, November 2002
A Chef’s Perspective on Promoting Elk Meat, Deer Farmers’ Digest, Dec. 2002

Also, here are two very good reports that have lots of useful information on what needs to done to develop a successful venison industry.

Saskatchewan Specialty Livestock Marketing Study, done by Kaji Kado of PPD Technologies Inc. 1998. Somewhat dated but still the best report on the issues and challenges facing producers in developing meat markets. Contact Sask. Ag and Food.

Marketing Plan, Canadian Bison Marketing Council, 2001. Although this report specifically looks at selling buffalo, much of the ideas and suggestions apply to marketing venison as well. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).

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