Thanks to Erin Ehnle/Keeping it Real: Through the lens of a farm girl – for this quote and post in remembrance for Memorial Day. Rural Americans are the heart and soul of our country. Both my Gramps and Ronny’s Grandpa served for our country and both were cattlemen. We are so proud of what they […]
New Orleans Frozen Port Tour
New Orleans, frozen in May? No, I actually toured a port wharf in New Orleans that ships out frozen beef and pork. This tour was part of the U.S. Meat Export Federation Board of Directors meeting held in New Orleans this past week. The tour showed us the different areas along the river where barges […]
Healthy animals = safer food = happy people
A task force for the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) have looked at the pressures to change livestock rearing methods, evidence to support the direct public health impact on human illness days, and food safety and inspection service regulations. They (and you and I) know that many groups in society, including politicians, activists, […]
HSUS: Lawyers in Cages
In a follow-up to my blog yesterday about the current undertakings of animal rights groups like HSUS and WSPA, the HumaneWatch blog has put together a great parody video to HSUS’s multimillion-dollar ad campaign. You know: sad, slow music with a spokeswoman and terrible, heart-wrenching pictures of sad-looking dogs and cats, and for only $19.95 […]
Why can’t the money just be spent on the animals?
This might be a “humane” rant, but there is too much bologna going on not to mention. And I like my bologna and want to keep it in the food supply. Opening my email this morning put me in a sour mood. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), is putting good money that […]
Be BOLD for Beef Month
May just might be my favorite month. Beside July for the 4th, October for my birthday, and December for Christmas. But all of those holidays coincide with May being Beef Month because I EAT BEEF on all of them, as well! This year, I am especially excited to celebrate May being Beef Month because of […]
Producing enough sustainable food
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?
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 […]
Transformation Nation, and we’re not talking Dr. Oz.
Consumers. They are the ones who have the most influential say in what production practices are put into place for livestock production and animal welfare practices. And these consumers are talking to their food retailers. Lately, we have seen more and more retailers put policies in place that require their supply of meat to be […]
“Pink Slime” not eye-appealing? Neither is caviar.
If you don’t read anything else about this post, please read this line: LFTB is just beef. It’s safe - not eye-appealing – but nether is caviar. LFTB, short for lean finely textured beef, has been dubbed by the media as “pink slime”. Sure it sounds gross. Makes my stomach churn. But here are the […]
