ATLANTA — The Georgia Tech Research Institute’s (GTRI) Agricultural Technology Research Program (ATRP) fosters a culture of constant innovation and improvement through its strategic initiative focused on defining the next generation of poultry processing methods and technologies. The initiative, titled Poultry Production and Processing of the Future, funds R&D projects that take a “thinking outside the box” approach to improving industry processes from the growout farm to the processing plant.
One such project is the novel Farm Processing and Transport (FPaT) system. The poultry industry places a high priority on the humane treatment of broilers (chickens raised for. . .