There has been a lot of follow-up and discussions about last week’s Food Dialogues in conjunction with the Town Hall style-meetings that the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance hosted. Findings of two national surveys about food and how it is grown and raised were released during these dialogues. The surveys focused separately on the opinions, […]
Because it’s Friday…
…I have to share my new favorite obsession. Wordle. Or Pinterest, but today it’s Wordle. Wordle basically creates a pile of words, and you can direct your blog feed to it (or copy and paste a bunch of words) to create your Wordle with the most common words of that blog. Here is my Ag […]
When did agriculture become a dirty word?
For the first time in history – agriculture has come together and formed the United State Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) to start the conversation and answer Americans’ questions about how food. But when did agriculture become such a dirty word to consumers, the media, ourselves?? Farmers & ranchers want everyone to know how food […]
Distillers Grains Plants
Ethanol plants should have originally been called distillers grains plants producing a by-product of ethanol. Distillers grains {in any form – dried, wet, modified} often gets forgotten about in a lot of discussions about ethanol. Recently, the House Agriculture Committee’s subcommittee on livestock, dairy and poultry, had a hearing to examine the issue of feed […]
Top 20 #agblogs
I feel honored this week that Ag on the Forefront was included in the seametrics.com Top 20 Agriculture Blogs. I don’t share this for my own benefit – but for your benefit because there are 19 more awesome #agblogs to check out!I now have them all saved to my Google Reader. 🙂Thanks again Charles and […]
Support eating local by expanding definition of local
I wanted to share this article written by my uncle in response to an “Eat Local! Week” in Boulder, Colorado. He told me, “I was rather amazed that the leaders of their local food movement only consider Boulder County as their local environment. Unless they tear out their patios to raise more sweet corn, they […]
The Pioneer Woman | Agvocate
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 […]
Know a {California} farmer
“Get to know your food, flowers, and fiber by getting to know the people behind them. Meet the real farmers and ranchers from across California who grow things that make life possible.” I wish every state had a website like California does. Have you checked out http://www.knowacaliforniafarmer.com/? It’s an amazing site with 180 videos of […]
Donate your car to charity – not HSUS
There are several car donation programs across the U.S. In an email I received today, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is asking for your car donation. Their One Car One Difference program they quote, “…you’ll help support our community-based programs to steer at-risk youth away from dogfighting.” It’s funny how the wording […]
Food blogger brings issues to the table
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 […]
