“Locally produced” is one of the hottest terms in the food business today, according to an article posted recently on CattleNetwork. I’ve discussed “local” before with expanding our definitions of local, food trends and even “big beef”. But I guess I’ve never really defined (on the blog) my own definition of “local”. Local to Me: […]
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GMOs and Environmentalism can work together
We all change our minds about things, right? I had the pleasure of interacting with a #SeedsofChange webinar from the Danforth Plant Science Center (@danforthcenter) featuring Mark Lynas (@mark_lynas) today. Mark jokingly started his talk that he is shamelessly known more for an apology, but is glad to share his story about his background of […]
FOOD: Transforming the American Table
One of the sites I was most looking forward to while in Washington, D.C. over the Memorial Day weekend was the FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950–2000 exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. I had read about this exhibit from an ag blog (which I should have noted and cannot find now) […]
Things moms get wrong at the grocery store
Moms aren’t always right when it comes to the grocery store, according to the new Gate to Plate survey of more than 1,000 moms. The survey found that moms are often misinformed, especially when buying “all-natural” and “hormone-free” products. (Click on the graphic to the right to see entire results.) Findings of the survey include: […]
‘Growing Season’ mini-series shows life on the farm
Are you ready for Growing Season?! We’re not talking about the actual growing season of our crops, this Growing Season is a yearlong documentary mini-series about the Bartak family from Anselmo, Nebraska and their job of growing a crop for this year’s harvest. Although a few of these guys look like they could be straight […]
What is Whole Foods’ non-GMO risk?
The cyclical interest in GMO foods being labeled or not even included in some retail stores is uncanny. Recently, an interested article arose on SuperMarketGuru.com regarding the decision by Whole Foods Market to push for full GMO transparency. A question was asked, “What if suppliers shrugged and said something like, ‘They’re just 340 stores. We […]
Dodge Super Bowl commercial giving back FFA-style
An update to my blog post last night. If you didn’t see or hear about the Dodge Ram “So God Made a Farmer” Super Bowl commercial, it is creating quite the conversation. The video features Paul Harvey’s voice sharing the poem with “tear-jerking with pride” images of the people across our country who raise our […]
Best Super Bowl Commercial…So God Made a Farmer
The Super Bowl isn’t even over yet and I can already tell you the best commercial…Dodge Ram’s “So God Made a Farmer.” The commercial shares the poem read by the infamous Paul Harvey…Good Day! What a great tribute to, “the farmer in all of us.”
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. […]
Three rights of our safe, affordable and abundant food supply
This is Part 2 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. In the Part 1 blog post, Simmons summed up that the role of technology in developing safe, affordable and abundant food enables three rights: food, choice, sustainability. […]
