The following letter was written by my father, a rancher in Eastern Colorado, in response to the HSUS’s CEO Wayne Pacelle’s letter to the editor in Feedstuffs Magazine, December 31, 2012. Dear Editor: Pacelle’s attempt at civility (Dec 31, 2012 Feedstuffs) is similar to a D.C. politician giving the evening forecast. He can rant about […]
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What’s the beef with Big Beef?
“Beef’s Raw Edges”: a series of 16 stories that ran over three-consecutive days recently in the Kansas City Star. This series raised plenty of serious issues including beef safety, nutrition, the use of antibiotics and growth promotants and the environmental impact of feedyards. These issues are all important to their readers – however they have […]
Solving world hunger: 1 egg at a time
This is Part 3 of 3 of “Making safe, affordable and abundant food a global reality”, Jeff Simmons and Dr. Chris Ashworth from Elanco. Read more at PlentyToThinkAbout.org. Read Part 1 and Part 2. What Part 1 and Part 2 may have shown you is that we have a challenge: feeding our growing global population. […]
Are you ready to Vote 4 Ag?
Tomorrow I will be voting for my values and for agriculture. Are you ready to vote? I haven’t found any sources better than the National Corn Growers Association’s nonpartisan survey responses submitted by President Obama and Governor Romney. The information provided by both candidates is meant to help interested voters gain information on the issues […]
Challenge of correcting misinformation: Accepted.
I don’t always agree with AMI, but when I do – I agree with their stance to correct misinformation. Besides my secret obsession with “the most interesting man” I totally thought of this quote when I read the Meat’s Case blog by Eric Mittenthal, The Challenge of Correcting Misinformation. I’ve shared this frustration and challenge […]
The kindest cut of meat?
“As Americans plan their Independence Day barbecues, they should skip the tony sirloins and chops, and opt for what can be the most sustainable, economical, gastronomically flexible and morally responsible cut of meat: ground.” – NY Times Whoa…back that up. Wasn’t ground beef being slandered as “pink slime” a few months ago and now is […]
Gotta feed everybody
This video has gone viral! These young men in agriculture are not only making others laugh with their parody, they are educating about what it takes to grow food – and I love it! *Update from CNN on June 28:
What America Spends On Groceries
In a series on NPR online called, “Graphing America”, I found an article with some interesting graphs on how much less America spends on groceries today versus 30 years ago. This third-party research is pertinent to pair with our farmers and ranchers stories of how they raise food to complete the whole story of food […]
The farm effect.
More than ever, I have heard more people say they, or their kids, are allergic to unusual things. Peanuts. Tomatoes. Fish. Odors of food. Plants and animals. Room temperature food. And heaven forbid – Chocolate. An NPR article posted today shows the research that the issues with more and more kids becoming allergic to food […]
You’ve got to give something back.
Thanks to Erin Ehnle/Keeping it Real: Through the lens of a farm girl – for this quote and post in remembrance for Memorial Day. Rural Americans are the heart and soul of our country. Both my Gramps and Ronny’s Grandpa served for our country and both were cattlemen. We are so proud of what they […]
