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Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution: The Great Burger Taste-Off

Learn about PURIS, the largest processor of yellow pea protein in North America.

Aired 05/17/2023

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Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution: The Great Burger Taste-Off

Preview: Season 7 Episode 1 | 30s

Learn about PURIS, the largest processor of yellow pea protein in North America.

The second installment of “Minnesota’s Alt-Meat Revolution” dives into the motivations behind PURIS, the largest processor of yellow pea protein in North America. In 2018 and 2019, Cargill invested a combined $100 million in PURIS, which led the company on a path to Dawson, Minnesota. In 2019, PURIS purchased and retrofitted a facility in Dawson.

Aired 05/17/2023

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Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution: Chews Wisely

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Learn about the regenerative potential of beef cattle from two Minnesota farmers. (11m 39s)

Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution: Chews Wisely

Explores the impact of the food that we eat on soil quality. (30s)

Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution: Everybody Loves Jobs

In episode five of Minnesota’s Alt-Meat Revolution, we explore the impact of PURIS. (30s)

Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution: Give Peas a Chance?

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Find out why farmers do — and do not — grow PURIS' yellow field pea. (12m 57s)

Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution: What's for Dinner?

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Has the presence of PURIS driven people in Dawson to eat more plant-based proteins? (11m 27s)

Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution: Give Peas a Chance?

A farmer who grows peas for PURIS in ND and why there aren’t more peas grown in MN (30s)

Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution: The Great Burger Taste-Off

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Learn about PURIS, the largest processor of yellow pea protein in North America. (12m 26s)

Minnesota's Alt Meat Revolution

How will the small ag town of Dawson, MN be impacted by the plant-based protein revolution (30s)

Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution: The Smell of Money

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What can be learned by looking at Dawson’s early advances in the plant-based marketplace? (11m 51s)

Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution: Everybody Loves Jobs

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PURIS brought 100 new jobs to Dawson, but is there more to sustainable community growth? (9m 19s)

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