If veal is on your shopping list, Dale Bakke says you need not go looking for an imported brand shipped from “halfway around the world.” Bakke acknowledges the Dutch are the world’s largest veal producers, but he makes the case that U.S. veal farmers are “far superior.”
Bakke is president of the American Veal Association, which represents about 500 family farms that produce U.S. veal. Those farms are mostly in the Northeast dairy states of Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York.
“We strongly believe our U.S. veal farmers produce veal which is far superior in terms of food safety, quality, and it is more sustainable meat since it is raised and processed right here in the U.S. and not shipped from halfway around the world, ” Bakke said.
“Additionally, every calf from farm to market is completely traceable.”