Well the slam on modern agriculture wasn’t as bad as I expected from Oprah’s show today featuring Michael Pollan, Kathy Freston and Nicole Johnson-Hoffman, Manager of Cargill’s Fort Morgan Plant. First, I think it is great that Cargill opened their slaughterhouse doors to allow viewers to see how the beef animals are processed. They showed the […]
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Animal agriculture & misconceptions on Oprah today
Since most of us are snowed/iced-in today, let’s practice our true agvocacy and respond to Oprah Winfrey’s show on animal agriculture, CAFO’s and veganism today. Oprah is scheduled to air a show titled “Food 201” at 3 p.m. CST, where she and 378 staffers go vegan for a “one-week challenge”. The show will center on […]
2011 Food Trends
Food is trendy, no doubt about it. The hot topics in food this year can be confusing to consumers who don’t know how their food is raised. The Food Channel has put together their list of top 10 food trends for the upcoming year: Canning is cool. Canning, pickling and preserving are in. Men in […]
My favorite #foodthanks quotes
A lot of folks have been blogging about Thanksgiving and thanking farmers and agriculture for the food we eat every day. The AgChat Foundation has established foodthanks.com and encourages tweeters to use the hashtag #foodthanks I have compiled a list of my favorite quotes about food from these blogs “Food doesn’t just happen. It takes an incredible […]
There is no escape from cows
A friend posted this link on facebook, and I thought it too good not to share. I bet there are several vegans out there that have no clue about this: From rubber to adhesives to anti-aging creams to medicines to shampoo to instrument strings to plastic to charcoal to wallpaper to air filters: You can’t […]
“Buzzwords” in Agriculture
I was reading through NAMA‘s AgriMarketing Magazine at work and found this article written by Brandon Souza of AgCareers.com about buzzwords in agriculture. I realized that some of these words and terms are thrown around a lot and to the average consumer/person, they may not know what it means. Brandon did a good job of […]
Your daily agvocacy: 100,500
The word agvocacy is popping up around us more and more each day. We read about what it takes to be a true advocate for agriculture and what actions you can take to represent the industry in a positive light. But there is no movement in either of these unless you actually make the action. […]
“Renewable energy” (aka ethanol) and the beef with the livestock industry
In doing research for my job the other day, I came across the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s 2010 Policy Issues. Their top five issues for 2010 are: Death Tax NCBA supports a dual-track policy to: 1) increase the exemption level and decrease the rate of taxation; and 2) provide an overall exemption for agriculture. Antibiotics […]
At the end of the day, nobody cares more about cattle than the person that gets up every day to take care of them
I’ve been meaning to post this article and have finally gotten around to it! I have heard Dr. Dan Thomson, Director of the Beef Cattle Institute and Associate Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University, speak before about animal welfare, and he contributes a very good perspective specific to the beef […]
West coast chef standing up for modern agriculture
I’m passing this on from my friend, Lance, who blogs at The Beef U Eat. I have not read this book, but looks like a good read! It’s not everyday that you will find a West Coast chef that is willing to go to bat for modern agriculture. Russ Parsons, the Los Angeles Times food […]
