Venison Culinary Centre: Resources
Here are some other sources of information on deer and elk venison and meat products.
Cookbooks
There must be 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 web sites that we found had good information and recipes on venison.
Alberta Elk Association has a section on their web site providing information on nutrition, suppliers and quality assurance.
Wapiti.net has two good sections on venison - one on nutritional data and another one on venison recipes.
The Venison Forum has some butchering information and recipes.
T. Budds 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 Farmerss 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 Chefs 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).
Venison-meat.com or Venison.deerfarmer.com
The Deer Farmers Information Network
Box 8220, Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6H 4P1
Phone: 1-800-267-9997 or 1-780-430-8245
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