I’ve been away from the Ag on the Forefront blog for awhile because my husband and I welcomed our son, Chisum Marshall, into our family on September 9! We’re pretty excited for this new miracle in our lives. I will be sharing numerous Chisum stories on my family blog, but while I was cuddling with […]
Food prices after drought: less than expected
Last year around this time, I was writing about what Americans spend on groceries. This was right during the middle of the drought. I read today that drought has affected food prices less than expected. I’m thankful for this! However there has been a lot of talk of this in the news that last year’s […]
HSUS and #aggag bills
I subscribe to the Humane Society of the U.S.’s email blasts – mostly just to watch what they are saying. Like when they tried talking about saving coyotes and free-range chickens in the same sentence!? That one made me laugh. Anyways, most of them I just glaze over, but yesterday’s email brought out my inner […]
Food: A Farmer Isn’t a Farmer Without It – today on the RamZone blog
Food—it’s something that we think about, plan for and consume every day. But that simple word—food—has so much behind it. I love that we have so many movements around food in our American culture today. I love that I can grow my own veggies in my backyard garden or buy them from the grocery store […]
Making food biotech easier to understand
A new website was launched today – gmoanswers.com – to simply help provide answers to your questions about GMO’s (genetically modified organisms) otherwise known as biotechnology. Its goal is to make information about biotechnology in food and agriculture easier to access and understand. Some questions include: How can you be sure that GMO foods won’t […]
Corn-fed AND grass-finished beef
A couple of years ago, I put together a compilation of resources (see my tab at the top of this blog) on the difference of corn-fed beef AND grass-finished beef. Not vs. And. Even though most of the beef my family raises is finished on a corn/grain ration, they spend the majority of their lives […]
Local meat
“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: […]
15 definitions of “rural”
What do you consider “rural”? To me, maybe, small town. Country. Dirt roads. One stoplight. I came across an article from the Washington Post that shares the concern that the U.S. government has at least 15 official definitions of the word “rural,” two of which apply only to Puerto Rico and parts of Hawaii. All […]
GMOs and Environmentalism can work together
We all change our minds about things, right? I had the pleasure of interacting with a #SeedsofChange webinar from the Danforth Plant Science Center (@danforthcenter) featuring Mark Lynas (@mark_lynas) today. Mark jokingly started his talk that he is shamelessly known more for an apology, but is glad to share his story about his background of […]
Wordless Wednesday {red cows & green grass}
The ranch is thankful for much needed moisture for the green grass. And our cows are sure loving it! Now we just need the moisture to keep coming and the weather to be mild.
