Labels are Confusing Consumers About Contents of “Meatless Meat”

February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 6,603 Comments #agblog, beef, cattle, consumer trust, facts, feeding the world, food, food production, food questions, food safety, government, healthy food, lean beef, legislation, meat, meat production, modern agriculture, Slider

The fact that so many consumers look at these labels and think that the products include meat or other animal by-products is a clear sign that the misleading labeling and deceptive marketing practices of plant-based fake meat companies has caused real consumer confusion.

Beef Quality Assurance; Taking Pride in Caring for Cattle

December 28, 2016March 15, 2017 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 3,202 Comments animal advocacy, animal care, animal welfare, antibiotics, beef, consumer trust, education, food safety, healthy cattle, healthy food, life on the ranch, livestock, meat, meat production, protein, research, safe food, Slider, veterinary

Protecting consumer confidence in beef. That is the the main goal of the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program and I had the opportunity to become BQA Certified last week. BQA is an educational training for producers to build awareness of industry standards based on recommended national guidelines and research from USDA and the beef industry. […]

First calf

March 10, 2015May 15, 2016 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 3,217 Comments #agblog, animal advocacy, animal welfare, beef, calving, cattle, family farming, life on the ranch, livestock, meat production

I posted previously about how ranchers prepare for a snowstorm. I posted a picture of this heifer who was getting ready to calve. And yes, she thought the snowstorm was a perfect time to have a calf.Thankfully, we got her into the barn before the foot of snow dumped. She and the heifer calf are […]

Local meat

July 10, 2013 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 1,290 Comments #foodthanks, agriculture, factory farming, family farming, farming, feeding the world, food, food production, food questions, food saftey, healthy food, local food, meat, meat production, rural economy, safe food

“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: […]

Three rights of our safe, affordable and abundant food supply

November 30, 2012 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 115 Comments #foodthanks, agvocate, environment, feeding the world, food, food prices, food production, food saftey, healthy food, hunger, legislation, local food, meat production, modern agriculture, organic, sustainable, technology, video

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. […]

Challenge of correcting misinformation: Accepted.

October 13, 2012 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 34 Comments agriculture, agvocate, AMI, food production, meat, meat production, media, modern agriculture, social media, sustainable

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 […]

What tastes better – corn-fed or grass-finished beef?

September 11, 2012 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 305 Comments beef, corn-fed beef, feeding the world, food, food questions, grains, grass-finished beef, meat production, modern agriculture

I recently stumbled up Quora – a Q&A site on the web where people can pose questions in all types of categories, from parenting to management, home repair to manufacturing – and significant to me – food and agriculture. After browsing through some of the questions, I found myself looking through the corn-fed vs grass-fed […]

The kindest cut of meat?

July 3, 2012 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 32 Comments agriculture, animal welfare, antibiotics, beef, environment, family farming, lean beef, meat, meat production, safe food, sustainable

“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 […]

Producing enough sustainable food

April 24, 2012 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 18 Comments beef, feeding the world, food, healthy food, hunger, meat production, modern agriculture, pork production, purpose of animals, sustainable

Ahhh. Sustainable. A word that is so overused, yet so important to agriculture. And also to consumers who want to use it as much as possible when it comes to their food. And we’re taking food. Everyone wants it. Everyone needs it. This YouTube video came out yesterday and it does pretty darn good job […]

Why do we use antibiotics in food animals?

April 16, 2012 kelseyjpope@gmail.com 1,893 Comments antibiotics, beef, cattle, livestock, meat production, modern agriculture

The last few days have been fluttering with information about the Food and Drug Administration announcement last week which called on drug companies to help limit the use of antibiotics in farm animals. Why is this an issue: The FDA has struggled for decades with how to tackle the problem because it’s so important to […]