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Healthy food: Eat less dark-green, more orange

December 20, 2011 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 43 Comments #agblog, #foodthanks, family, food, food prices, food production, grains, healthy food, local food, meat

I want to point out an article from Feedstuffs FoodLink about the cost of healthy foods and what we can expect to pay this year for healthy food. The article states that diets normally are a diverse makeup of foods — some that are more healthful and some that are not as healthful — and […]

Meat causes Cancer? I think not.

November 14, 2011 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 32 Comments #agblog, #foodthanks, beef, facts, food production, healthy food, meat, research

We’ve all heard this. Don’t drink diet sodas – it causes cancer. Don’t eat processed foods – it causes cancer. Don’t eat MEAT – it causes cancer. The sad reality is…we don’t know what all cancers are derived from. I found this great blog post from Food, Think! with some great research background with seven […]

The REAL Food Day | A video blog

October 17, 2011 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 3 Comments #agblog, #foodthanks, animal welfare, environment, family farming, feeding the world, food prices, food production, healthy food, modern agriculture, social media, video

My comments about Food Day via a video blog. For more info, go check out CommonGround Nebraska’s blog about The REAL Food Day.

The Pioneer Woman | Agvocate

August 29, 2011 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 2 Comments #foodthanks, agriculture, agvocate, animal advocacy, animal welfare, beef, family, food production, healthy food, livestock, meat, meat production, modern agriculture, photos, video

Thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law, Lindsay, for introducing me to The Pioneer Woman and her blog. P-Dub, as she sometimes calls herself, is a self-proclaimed city girl now ranch-wife and mom. She is an excellent writer, shares about homeschooling, cooks healthy and hearty food, and a great photographer. But what I love most about her […]

Food blogger brings issues to the table

August 9, 2011 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 36 Comments #agblog, #foodthanks, agriculture, agvocate, beef, CommonGround, facts, family farming, feeding the world, food production, healthy food, modern agriculture, social media

Last week I attended the annual Food System Round-Table event hosted by the Nebraska Soybean Board, an event to bring everyone that deals with food to the table – literally! – to talk about food. Part of the day featured a food panel discussion including a food blogger, a CommonGround farmer volunteer, a registered dietician […]

NYC “meating-up” Mondays

July 26, 2011 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 35 Comments #foodthanks, beef, healthy food, meat, meat production, pork production, poultry, Veganism

“Meatless Mondays” are just too mundane for Chef Christian Ragano of New York Central restaurant in the Grand Hyatt New York. According to Meatingplace.com, the culinarian has turned the idea on its head and introduced “Meat-filled Mondays” at his popular Midtown eatery. As reported by the NY1 all-news channel in New York, the Monday menu […]

A not-so-home-grown example of feeding the world

April 25, 2011 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 1,297 Comments #foodthanks, agriculture, environment, facts, farming, feeding the world, food production, garden, healthy food, pets, technology

This was my garden last year (after Hank tried to destroy it…). This is my garden this year. In hopes that Hank, the digmaster pictured above, doesn’t get into my garden this year, I put down chicken wire. Now, I know that doesn’t mean it’ll still keep him out, but we’ll see. Anyways, planting my […]