This week, I read that China has approved four additional Canadian beef facilities that will now be able to export beef to China. These newly approved establishments will increase the Canadian export capacity for beef in a market estimated by the industry to be worth approximately $20 million annually. Timeout! Nothing against Canada, but why […]
“WE in agriculture.” A response to HSUS.
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 […]
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 […]
Workin’ Farmer Style
The “Farming and I Grow It” Peterson Farm Bros did it again! Check out their new agvocacy video called “Farmer Style (Gangnam Style Parody)“ “We are the Peterson Farm Bros,and we’re farming and we grow itWe love agriculture, and we want the world to know itFarming is a way of life with many different flavorsBeing […]
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. […]
Technology’s role in food?
This is Part 1 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.I’ve had the opportunity to hear a message about food insecurity and using technology in food twice in the last 2 weeks, and this is so timely for […]
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 […]
In US, is food wasted?
I found an interesting article that said that Americans throw away up to 40 percent of their food every year. This number comes from analysis released recently by the Natural Resources Defense Council. I don’t doubt this – I try my best to use up food before it goes bad in my fridge, but there […]
